Unidentified persons have allegedly lobbed petrol bombs at a Congress candidate’s house in Assam’s Diphu, police said on Tuesday.
None of the six petrol bombs lobbed at the house of the party’s Bokajan nominee, Raton Engti, on Monday night exploded, ensuring there was no damage, they said.
Engti lost to BJP’s Surjya Rongphar by a margin of over 17,000 votes.
“Engti and his family members were inside the house when the incident happened. As the explosives did not go off, the people inside did not hear any sound,” a police officer said.
Engti spotted the bombs in the morning and informed the police, who seized those and launched an investigation into the incident, the officer added.
