A suspected Maoist who was allegedly involved in an Improvised Explosive Device blast in Assam’s Kokrajhar earlier this week was killed in a gunfight with the police on Saturday, reported PTI.

The blast on Thursday took place around five kilometres from Kokrajhar railway station. Several feet of railway line were ripped apart, leading to train services being disrupted in lower Assam and parts of north Bengal.

Train movement on the track had resumed at 5.25 am on Thursday, reported The Indian Express .

On Friday, the police were quoted as saying by the newspaper that efforts were underway to identify if an extremist group was responsible for the blast.

Kokrajhar Senior Superintendent of Police Pushpraj Singh said that later on Friday, they received information that an armed gro

See Full Page