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Bomb Recovered at Rangia

By Bikash Das |

Kamrup Police today recovered a powerful bomb at Rangia. Acting on specific information a police team led by Sanjukta Parashar,IPS, SDPO,Rangia checked a bus bearing number AS-01G-7298 coming from Darranga Mela towards Rangia and recovered the bomb from the bus. The bomb is one IED and is of 3kg. Later the bomb was defused by Red Horns Engineers Regiment.

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