{"id":197330,"date":"2026-03-28T17:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=197330"},"modified":"2026-03-28T17:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:45:09","slug":"blast-in-jorhat-kills-man-child-injures-another-ahead-of-assam-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/03\/28\/blast-in-jorhat-kills-man-child-injures-another-ahead-of-assam-polls.html","title":{"rendered":"Blast in Jorhat kills man, child; injures another ahead of Assam polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-171076\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/03\/police-line-dont-cross-dead.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"779\" height=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jorhat: A powerful explosion occurred at a rented house in the Raja Maidam area of New Colony in Assam\u2019s Jorhat district, resulting in the deaths of two people, including a child.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the deceased have been identified as Muhammad Iqbal and Noor Mohammad. The blast has caused panic in the area.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the blast occurred inside a rented residence killing Noor Mohammad on the spot. The impact of the explosion was so severe that the victim\u2019s body was badly mutilated.<\/p>\n<p>Two children of the deceased \u2014 an eight-year-old boy, Muhammad Iqbal, and a seven-year-old girl \u2014 were also seriously injured in the incident and were rushed to the Jorhat Medical College and Hospital for treatment. However, the eight-year-old boy later succumbed to his injuries during treatment, while the condition of the seven-year-old girl remains critical.<\/p>\n<p>Police teams reached the spot soon after the incident and have launched an investigation. The exact cause of the explosion is yet to be ascertained.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has created an atmosphere of fear and tension in the locality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorhat: A powerful explosion occurred at a rented house in the Raja Maidam area of New Colony in Assam\u2019s Jorhat district, resulting in the deaths of two people, including a child. According to Kashmir Media Service, the deceased have been identified as Muhammad Iqbal and Noor Mohammad. The blast has caused panic in the area. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":171076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/03\/police-line-dont-cross-dead.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197331,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197330\/revisions\/197331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}