Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 02:
In separate incidents this evening, unidentified persons launched grenade attacks at the private residences of Social Welfare Minister N Loken Singh and Director of Social Welfare Department A Nabachandra.
While the Minister's residence located at Sangaiprou came under attack at around 4.50 pm the Director's Hodam Leirak residence was targeted at about 7.10 pm.
The attackers however missed their intended targets as the explosive devices fell and expolded in the compounds of immediate neighbours.
The grenade aimed at Minister Loken's residence fell into the adjacent compound of a lecturer of Imphal College identified as L Bheigya.
The Minister is informed to be currently at New Delhi.
It may be recalled that on october 24 unidentified persons attacked the Leimapokpam residence of the Minister while on the same day a bomb was placed at the office compound of the Social Welfare Directorate.
In the Hodam Leirak incident today, security personnel belonging to the 6th MR and numbering seven including the commander, resorted to several round of firing seconds after the blast.
Recounting the incident, a security guard said the explosive device ricocheted off the Director's house wall and fell to the neighbour's compound located on the southern end.
The director, his wife and younger brother were inside a room when the blast took place, said the brother.
The staccato of gunfire gripped the locals with fear who reportedly ducked for cover inside their homes.
A police team led by the Imphal West SP Clay Khongsai arrived at the scene soon after for search and situation assessment.