Blast at grocery shop, locals protest
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, November 18 2021: A bomb exploded in front of a grocery store located in Kairang Muslim Mayai Leikai under Heingang police station on Thursday around 4 am.

According to police, the shop belongs to one Md Tiken and it is located near his house.

Luckily, nobody was hurt in the blast.

Heingang police team assessed the situation and registered a case.

Meanwhile, 786 Sporting Club, Kairang Muslim Mayai Leikai has strongly condemned the bomb blast in residential area.

In a statement, the club appealed to whomever responsible not to repeat such acts in future.

No organisation has yet claimed responsibility of the blast.

Police personnel led by senior officials immediately rushed to the spot and a search operation was on to nab the perpetrators.

Security forces including Army and para-military Assam Rifles are on high alert in the state after the November 13 attack in which an Assam Rifles Colonel Viplav Tripathi and four personnel of the para-military force were gunned down in Churachandpur district bordering Myanmar.

The guerrillas of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) jointly with Manipur Naga People's Front (MNPF) militants, armed with sophisticated weapons, had also killed Tripathi's wife, their nine-year-old son in the ambush.

After one of the bloodiest militant attacks in recent times, the security forces recovered a large cache of powerful Improvised Explosive Devices, fitted with a mobile phone handset and digital watch, from three separate locations in Manipur.

Months ahead of the assembly elections in Manipur, militant activities have increased in the north-eastern state with the authorities having asked the security forces to intensify vigil in the sensitive, mixed populated and vulnerable areas.

Elections to the 60-seat Manipur assembly are likely to be held in February-March next year along with Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa.

(With inputs from agencies) .

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