<p>"Two persons connected to the incident have been picked up for interrogation and search operations are on," Guwahati city SSP Deepak Choudhury said.<br /><br />Five Congressmen including spokesmen Mehdi Alam Bora and Akhaya Rajkhowa were seriously injured when cadres of the anti-talk ULFA faction detonated an IED at Rajiv Bhavan yesterday.<br /><br />Choudhury said police have conducted search operations in suspected hideouts of the militants in and around the city and other parts of the state.<br /><br />"Extra precaution is taken in view of the ULFA threat to disrupt the coming assembly elections," he said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, with the death of a BSF jawan injured in yesterday's ambush by anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) on a BSF convoy, the toll rose to nine.<br /><br />The jawan succumbed to his injuries in the hospital at Bongaigaon, BSF sources said. The anti-talk faction of the NDFB has claimed responsibility for the ambush on BSF convoy. G Bidai, self- styled commanding officer of NDFB said similar attacks would be carried out if the security forces did not halt action against their cadres.</p>
<p>"Two persons connected to the incident have been picked up for interrogation and search operations are on," Guwahati city SSP Deepak Choudhury said.<br /><br />Five Congressmen including spokesmen Mehdi Alam Bora and Akhaya Rajkhowa were seriously injured when cadres of the anti-talk ULFA faction detonated an IED at Rajiv Bhavan yesterday.<br /><br />Choudhury said police have conducted search operations in suspected hideouts of the militants in and around the city and other parts of the state.<br /><br />"Extra precaution is taken in view of the ULFA threat to disrupt the coming assembly elections," he said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, with the death of a BSF jawan injured in yesterday's ambush by anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) on a BSF convoy, the toll rose to nine.<br /><br />The jawan succumbed to his injuries in the hospital at Bongaigaon, BSF sources said. The anti-talk faction of the NDFB has claimed responsibility for the ambush on BSF convoy. G Bidai, self- styled commanding officer of NDFB said similar attacks would be carried out if the security forces did not halt action against their cadres.</p>