Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday paid tribute to the victims of the 2008 serial bomb blasts across the state. A total of nine blasts were triggered by the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB), claiming the lives of 88 people and injuring over 500.
“30th Oct 2008 will always be a dark day in the history of Assam as it witnessed the most dastardly attack on its soil,” Sarma said in a post on X. The NDFB’s Ranjan Daimary faction had carried out the serial blasts in Guwahati, Kokrajhar, Barpeta and Bongaigaon.
In September 2022, the Gauhati High Court upheld a special court’s sentence of life imprisonment to Daimari along with six of his accomplices, and acquitted four others in connection with the serial bomb blasts.