Guwahati: A powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED), suspected to be planted by Paresh Barua led ULFA anti-talk faction, was recovered from the backyard of a person's house in Assam's Sibsagar district on Thursday, official sources said.
Acting on a tip-off, troops of Army's 299 Field Regiment recovered the IED, kept inside a bag and found in the backyard of one Tankeswar Kurmi, from Teokhabi village under Sonari police station of the district.
The IED, weighing more than two kgs, was later defused by the army's bomb disposal squad.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, June 14, 2012, 17:04