Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 20 2009:
Two offices of Sub-Divisional Officers located in Bishnupur and Imphal East districts have been set afire by unidentified persons last night.
Nambol SDO office was set afire at about 2 am last night.An empty jute bag was soaked in petrol and put in on a table kept at the verandah of the SDO office before setting it a fire, said a police source.
The unidentified persons also put a filled LPG cylinder on the table.
But timely action by police saved the office from total destruction.
The fire was doused off before it could catch the LPG cylinder.
Notably the SDO office is located near Nambol police station.
In a similar attack, unidentified persons torched Sagolmang SDO office in Imphal East district last night.
The unidentified persons broke window panes of the office and poured kerosene oil inside the office before setting it afire.
This time too, the fire was put under control by the local people before it could cause any major damage to the office, conveyed the police source.
The SDC office at Yairipok was also found set aflame by some miscreants today at about 9.20 pm.
But the police personnel desployed inside the office complex put off the fire before any major damage.