Kokrajhar, Oct 23: Railway services across lower Assam and parts of north Bengal were disrupted on Thursday after a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) went off on the tracks in Kokrajhar district, officials said.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said police have identified one suspect for his alleged involvement.

The explosion took place at 1 am, around 5 km away from the Kokrajhar railway station towards Salakati in Alipurduar division of the Northeast Frontier Railway, an official said.

“The blast ripped apart nearly three feet of railway line with fragments of the damaged track found strewn several metres away,” he said.

Kokrajhar’s Senior Superintendent of Police Pushpraj Singh said there were no reports of any casualties or derailment in the incident.

“The damage

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