ULFA triggered the blast where 18 persons mostly children were killed. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has paid tributes to the departed soul at state Secretariat in Guwahati today.
Later talking to newsmen, Gogoi has appealed Paresh Baruah led ULFA and Nantional Democratic Front of Bodoland-Songbijit faction to join mainstream. He said that it was the black day of the country when militants killed innocent school students in Independence Day celebration. Mourning Day has been organized across the state today including Dhemaji. Special prayer and public meeting have been organized.