Anurag Kashyap in Guwahati
It was a day they won't forget till their last breath. On this day in 2008 they lost reasons to smile, their life was turned into a burden of sorrow.
About 100 innocent people lost their lives and over 400 hundred were maimed for the rest of their lives in the serial blasts triggered by terrorists at three crowded places in Guwahati besides Kokrajhar, Barpeta Road and Bongaigaon in Assam.
The banned anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was involved in the incident and its chairman Chairman Ranjan Daimary was named as the prime accused. Daimary has been arrested but has not been convicted so far.
Click on NEXT to see more PHOTOS...
Assam blasts: 3 years on, tears still won't dry
Families and close relatives of terror victims, who lost their lives at the most devastating of all the blasts at Ganeshguri in Guwahati, gathered beside the memorial pillar built at the site on Sunday to pay tribute to their lost family members.
Click on NEXT to see more PHOTOS...
Assam blasts: 3 years on, tears still won't dry
As the horrific memory of the black day came back to them, most of them broke down and sobbed uncontrollably. They made fervent appeal to terrorists to spare lives of innocents in the state and give peace a chance.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi too joined the relatives of terror victims in praying for the eternal peace of the lost souls as well as for restoration of permanent peace in the state.
Click on NEXT to see more PHOTOS...
Assam blasts: 3 years on, tears still won't dry
"Those insurgents who are still holding on to the gun should understand that violence is not going to solve their problems, but cause immense misery to innocent people. The people of Assam hope for permanent peace in the state," Gogoi said in a heavy voice.
Click on NEXT to see more PHOTOS...
Assam blasts: 3 years on, tears still won't dry
Lawyers of Guwahati on Sunday observed a black day in protest against the continuing violence in the state as well as to remember some of their colleagues who lost their precious lives during the serial terror that also rocked the crowded campus of Chief Judicial Magistrate in the city on October 30, 2008.
The blast at CJM court took lives of many people, including young lawyers Dipamoni Saikia, Anup Bhuyan, Bipul Nath, court staff Abul Kalam Ahmed and security guard Mahesh Saud.
...
Assam blasts: 3 years on, tears still won't dry
The lawyers hoisted a black flag at the campus of Guwahati Lawyers Association office, organised prayer meeting and all religion prayer hiping for restoration of permanent peace in the state and denouncing terror.
People of the state lighted lamps in their residences on Sunday evening remembering those who lost their lives and in the serial terror.
article