GUWAHATI, Nov 3 – State Government today spokesperson Himanta Biswa Sarma said that every act of terrorism perpetrated in the State has its link with Bangladesh. Although, he did not divulge any thing further reiterating that ‘investigation into the serial blasts is going in the right and definite direction and very soon something will come up’.

Speaking at a press conference, Sarma also stressed the need for documentation of extremist activities on the part of the law-enforcing agencies in the State.

Sarma further revealed that police has prepared the sketch of the suspects based on the inputs from the eyewitnesses.

“At first, we would have to match the sketch with the list of suspects, the security agencies presently have. But there are chances that the sketch might turn out to be of any of the victims. So we need to be extra-cautious,” Sarma pointed out.

The State Health Minister further informed that a team of doctors from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is arriving in the State to treat a select number of blast victims, who have developed severe complication in their ears.

“The audio-metric tests have been performed on six of these blast victims but the complications are still there, which is why, the State Government has decided to seek the help of the experts,” he stated.

Sarma further stated that the Government has started providing compensation and ex-gratia to the family members of the victims and the process would be completed within a week.

The State Government had announced compensation of Rs 50,000 to the injured and ex-gratia of Rs 3 Lakh to the next-of-kin of the deceased.

“The relief package (Rs 4 lakh to the next-of-kin of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh for the seriously injured) announced by the Central Government for the victims of the serial blasts would also be given very soon,” Sarma stated.

Informing that so far post-mortem of 78 bodies have been completed, Sarma informed that altogether 826 were injured during the serial blasts in the State, of which more than 180 victims are still undergoing treatment in different Government and private hospitals, of which the condition of three are stated to be critical.

The three blasts in Guwahati have so far claimed 47, while the blasts in Barpeta and Kokrajhar, till date, have taken lives of 11 and 20 persons respectively.

Sarma further informed that no missing case has so far been lodged with any one of the police stations concerned.

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