Lakhimpur: In a heightened security alert following threats from the ULFA (I), Assam police on Independence Day on Thursday recovered parts of an improvised explosive device (IED) at two separate locations in Lakhimpur district.
The lower half of an IED was discovered in an abandoned vehicle at a garage in Hatilung under Khelmati Police Outpost.
Simultaneously, the upper part of an explosive device was found beneath a street vendor’s shed in front of the PWD Inspection Bungalow in Laluk under Laluk Police Station.
Despite the ULFA’s claim of planting bombs across the state, no explosives were found at the abandoned trailer in the North Lakhimpur Government HS School playground, where the Independence Day parade took place.
The trailer, belonging to NHPC’s SLHEP plant, had been parked there for several years.
As a precautionary measure, Lakhimpur police conducted search operations outside Gandhi Park and within the ASTC workshop in Gariajan.
Earlier in the day, Education Minister Dr. Ranoj Pegu hoisted the national flag at the Government HS School and took the salute at the Independence Day parade.