Police disposes bomb
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 13 2011:
Despite the foolproof security arrangement made by the state government and the Manipur Police Department, underground elements today managed to plant a bomb alongside NH 39 at Lilong Chajing area which police disposed off safely.
As soon as police located the bomb, they secluded the area from normal traffic and assessed the condition of the bomb.
Since the bomb squad faced some inconveniences in shifting the bomb to some other place, police stopped normal traffic along the highway from both sides and disposed off the bomb at the site itself around 2.30 pm.
The details of who planted the bomb could not be established by the police.
However, police expressed suspicion that the bomb could have been planted by UG elements as part of the Independence Day celebration which they are boycotting.
It may be mentioned that this particular area has become a hotspot of planting bombs as there were reports of bombs found in the area last year too.