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<br>GUWAHATI, India, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A landmine explosion killed four people, including an election candidate, in India's northeastern state of Meghalaya in an area where four militant groups are seeking independence, police said on Monday.<br> <br>The attack happened on Sunday night in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, about 250 km (150 miles) from the state capital, Shillong.<br> <br>The candidate for the Nationalist Congress Party from the Williamnagar assembly constituency, Jonathone Sangma, was killed along with his driver and two police.<br> <br>"The vehicle in which Sangma was travelling bore the maximum impact of the explosion. Everyone in the car died on the spot," said Ringrang Momin, a senior state police officer.<br> <br>Police officials said there were four active militant groups in the area demanding secession from India for tens of thousands of Garo tribals living in the state bordering Bangladesh.<br> <br>"This is the handiwork of the militant groups... We have yet to identify the outfit involved in the landmine explosion," Momin said.<br> <br>Elections for the 60-member house in Meghalaya state are scheduled for Feb.<br><br>27. (Reporting by Zarir Hussain in Guwahati and Rupam Jain in New Delhi; Editing by Malini Menon and  [http://vacationtravel.mystrikingly.com/blog/a-list-of-natural-bridge-of-meghalaya vacationtravel.mystrikingly.com] Nick Macfie)<br>