In Assam, the Gauhati High Court acquitted the accused of the 2004 Dhemaji bomb blast incident. The case relates to the bomb blast incident that occurred on 15th of August at Dhemaji district killing 18 children on the occasion of Independence Day. Earlier, a lower court pronounced a life sentence to four accused and two others were sentenced to four years of jail. However, they challenged the order of the lower court at the Gauhati High Court. Our Correspondent reports that banned outfit ULFA was behind the bomb blast at Dhemaji during the celebration of the Independence Day.