Sit in protest staged
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 06 2017:
Condemning the bomb blast at Lourembam Gram Panchayat Pradhan’s residence yesterday, locals of Lourembam Mayai Leikai staged a sit in protest at Arong Ningthou Shanglen playground today .
Speaking to the media, the locals condemned such incident which causes fear and panic among the people and urged the organisation/ party concerned to clarify at the earliest .
The locals raised slogans condemning the act .
The blast which occurred at around 7.45 in the evening damaged many properties apart from two vehicles (Tractor and a Santro car) and the police suspect that the blast could have been triggered in connection with extortion, reports our correspondent .
The police found a demand letter-like text message received in Shyamo’s cell phone which Shaymo claimed that he was not aware of before the blast occurred.