<p>A police spokesperson said the blast took place at 2.15 a.m. at Babubil in Kokrajhar district, about 270 km west of Assam’s main city of Guwahati.<br /><br />“The Garib Rath Express from Guwahati to Kolkata was at Babubil when the blast took place derailing six coaches,” S. Hajong, chief spokesperson of the Northeast Frontier Railways, said.<br /><br />The injured were shifted to local hospitals, while relief trains have reached the blast site.<br />“The driver of the train and another passenger received serious injuries, while six coaches were damaged in the impact of the blast,” Hajong said.<br /><br />The dead passenger has been identified as Durlav Chetia of Guwahati.<br /><br />The remote controlled improvised explosive device was planted on the track over a rail bridge, police said.<br /><br />“The engine and the first coach bore the maximum brunt of the explosion, while the other four coaches just derailed thereby minimizing the casualties,” the railway official said.<br />“The casualty figure is less since the train was moving at a very low speed while crossing the rail bridge.”<br /><br />Police blamed the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) for the blast.<br />“The NDFB triggered the blast by planting the explosive on the track minutes before the train was to pass the area,” a senior police official said.<br /><br />The train blast took place even as the Assam government on Wednesday evening sounded a massive security alert with intelligence inputs of serial explosions by the NDFB.<br /><br />The railways on Wednesday night announced cancellation or suspension of at least six long distance passenger trains due to the threat.<br /><br />A police spokesperson said radio intercepts of the NDFB revealed a massive plan to trigger a wave of blasts across Assam, mainly targeting trains, bridges, and other vital installations, besides security forces and public places.<br /><br />Earlier on Wednesday, several trains were stopped with railway police carrying out checking of tracks with information of bombs being planted.</p>
<p>A police spokesperson said the blast took place at 2.15 a.m. at Babubil in Kokrajhar district, about 270 km west of Assam’s main city of Guwahati.<br /><br />“The Garib Rath Express from Guwahati to Kolkata was at Babubil when the blast took place derailing six coaches,” S. Hajong, chief spokesperson of the Northeast Frontier Railways, said.<br /><br />The injured were shifted to local hospitals, while relief trains have reached the blast site.<br />“The driver of the train and another passenger received serious injuries, while six coaches were damaged in the impact of the blast,” Hajong said.<br /><br />The dead passenger has been identified as Durlav Chetia of Guwahati.<br /><br />The remote controlled improvised explosive device was planted on the track over a rail bridge, police said.<br /><br />“The engine and the first coach bore the maximum brunt of the explosion, while the other four coaches just derailed thereby minimizing the casualties,” the railway official said.<br />“The casualty figure is less since the train was moving at a very low speed while crossing the rail bridge.”<br /><br />Police blamed the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) for the blast.<br />“The NDFB triggered the blast by planting the explosive on the track minutes before the train was to pass the area,” a senior police official said.<br /><br />The train blast took place even as the Assam government on Wednesday evening sounded a massive security alert with intelligence inputs of serial explosions by the NDFB.<br /><br />The railways on Wednesday night announced cancellation or suspension of at least six long distance passenger trains due to the threat.<br /><br />A police spokesperson said radio intercepts of the NDFB revealed a massive plan to trigger a wave of blasts across Assam, mainly targeting trains, bridges, and other vital installations, besides security forces and public places.<br /><br />Earlier on Wednesday, several trains were stopped with railway police carrying out checking of tracks with information of bombs being planted.</p>