Two impoverished bombs exploded on the night of September 18, near the newly constructed bridge over Sunkosh that connects Gairigaon with Balwabas in Kalikhola dungkhag.
An underground-armed outfit named called Bhutan United Social Democratic Party (BUSDP) has owned up the responsibility of explosion.
“The Bhutan United Socialist Democratic Party on Sep 18 at about 8.30 p.m. gave another jolt to Royal Government of Bhutan by blowing off suspension bridge over the Sunkosh river by two powerful blasts,” said the armed outfit in its statement.
The police team and the Nichula Gewog officials found a brochure used for identifying BUSDP at the site.
Although no damage was caused to the bridge or its supporting pillars, it created panic to the local community who has got the bridge constructed after a long wait of two decades.
According to a reliable source in Nichula, people living nearby the bridge in Hurdung, Gairigaon are summoned by the police in Kalikhola for further investigation. However, the locals whom BNS talked to said that they never had any one to suspect for the detonation.
“We condemn such capricious attempt to jeopardize the development activity that has just begun in our village after twenty years”, said an informant.
The suspension bridge is the only means for all living under Nichula gewog to move across the river, go to hospital in Kalikhola, or fetch essential commodities during the monsoon.
