The blast at the house of a scrap dealer in Rongnihang area in Karbi Anglong district killed a two-and-a-half-year-old girl on the spot.
Of the four injured, the condition of two was stated to be critical and they have been referred to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital, Karbi Anglong Superintendent of Police Debojit Deuri said.
The cause of the explosion was yet to be ascertained and the materials found at the blast site have been sent for forensic tests, he said.
Later in the day, the zonal railways said there was no bomb explosion near Agra Cantt station and that the sound was due to bursting of wheels of a railway trolley.
In a statement, Bhupinder Dhillon, public relations officer of the Mathura DRM, said the bursting of the wheels had created so much noise that it was initially considered as explosion.
Samples from the site have been sent to labs for test, the officer said, adding that bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs have scanned the area.
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