Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 19, 2009:
Miscreants burned the establishment section of the administrative block of the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) last midnight at about 1.30 pm.
In the arson, service records of the employees, a fax machine and four chairs of the establishment section were reduced to ashes.
Police recovered two half litre capacity bottles with smell of petrol.
A fire tender from the Fire Service rushed to the spot to douse the fire.
Lamphel police has registered an FIR with regard to the incident.
A team of Central forensic experts also initiated investigation into the incident.
Clues on how and why the establishment section of the administrative block being targeted could not be immediately established.
Commenting on the unfortunate incident, RIMS director, Dr Fimate said that the arson attempt to such an institution was beyond the expectation.
Such act was never witnessed before and appealed not to repeat the act in the future.