Fifteen people, including two women, were injured in a bomb explosion triggered by suspected ULFA rebels near a police station in Tinsukia district on Thursday.

Police said the bomb, kept outside a hardware shop in the busy market hub of Kakopathar Chariali, about 200 m from Kakopathar police station, exploded at 7.25 pm.

The injured include six members of the family owning the hardware shop.

The police also recovered a bomb about 300 m from the explosion site.