Bomb blast at Nungba
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 09 2014:
A powerful bomb hurled by the militants exploded at the construction site of a railway line at Nungba area in interior Manipur's Tamenglong district but no casualty was reported, police said here on Thursday.
The militants exploded the bomb late last evening, damaging tyre of a vehicle parked near the construction site.
No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
Official reports from the district said that some hill-based organisations had earlier warned not to go ahead with the construction of any Centre-sponsored project at hill districts of Manipur.
They wanted a separate administrative unit for the hill districts of the state, sources said.