DD Thaisii ambushed; One escort personnel hurt
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 12 2011:
Minister of Education and Youth Affairs & Sports DD Thaisii had a providential escape when some unidentified armed persons laid an ambush and threw a hand grenade at his bullet proof car.
However, a Subedar of 4th IRB, who was part of the security escort team of the Minister, sustained injuries in ambush.
The incident occurred at around 6 pm today while the Minister was on his way to inspect the developmental works being taken up in his Assembly Constituency.
The hand grenade was thrown down from a cliff at a spot just before reaching Koideso and around 6 kms beyond Maram.
The hand grenade landed and exploded a little further away from the bullet proof car in which the Minister was travelling.
Although numerous bomb splinters hit the car, none of the occupants were hurt.
However, one Subedar of 4th IRB who was part of an additional escort team of the Minister travelling in a Gypsy in front of the bullet proof car sustained injuries in the explosion.
The injured Subedar has been identified as Maninao.
He suffered bomb splinter injuries in different part of his body.
In retaliation of the bomb attack, escort personnel opened several rounds of firing but the attackers did not respond.
On hearing about the ambush, thousands of villagers came out and escorted Minister Thaisii to his native home at Purul village safely.
Describing it as an act of cowardice, SPF spokesperson Minister N Biren has stongly condemned the attack on Minister Thaisii, who had gone to inspect developmental works in the hill areas.