Assam: 5 killed, many critical after ‘blasts’ at Cachar brick kiln

SILCHAR: At least five men, including the imam (head) of a mosque were killed, and many others critically injured in multiple blasts at a brick kiln in southern Assam’s Cachar district on Friday.

The incident took place in Lakhipur under the Katigorah assembly constituency, about 28 km from Silchar town, at about 3pm on Friday.

Locals of the area said they heard three back-to-back explosions from the brick kiln after its chimney exploded when the first fire of the season was being set at the kiln – a tradition performed ceremonially every year in the presence of mosque heads, workers of the kiln and their family members.