Blast in Assam refinery, ULFA claims responsibility

Guwahati, April 7 (IANS) An explosion rocked a refinery in Assam Saturday evening. No casualties have been reported so far, police said.

The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has sent an email to media offices in which it claimed responsibility for the blast at the Numaligarh Refinery Limited in Golaghat district of Upper Assam. The refinery is a group company of the public-sector Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

Saturday (April 7) is the anniversary of ULFA's Raising Day and the banned group had warned of major disruptive activities across Assam to mark the day.