The outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland on Friday claimed responsibility for the bomb blast on the railway track and threatened to carry out more such blasts targeting passenger trains and government buses.
However, in related development outlawed Ulfa has condemned the blast and warned the armed rebel group to refrain from targeting indigenous people of the state. The Ulfa commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah in a statement to local newspapers said that any attempt to target the Assamese people or divide the society will not be tolerated.
The NDFB, which justified their attack on Garib Rath Express in which a five-year-old boy was killed and seven critically wounded, also warned the civilians not to travel by passenger trains and government buses which could be targeted by them. The threat of NDFB which has created panic among the passengers has also come as challenge for the forces claiming to have inputs on NDFB rebels procuring explosives in huge quantity before launching the offensives.