Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 15:
Even as security has been beefed up ahead of the visit of President Abdul Kalam, an explosive device recovered from a place near Chajing Mamang Leikai, 3 km away from Canchipur on the eastern side of NH-39 at around 5.40 pm today was safely defused by explosive experts of Manipur police.
Significantly the President is scheduled to attend the convocation function of MU at Canchipur tomorrow.
Personnel of 19th Assam Rifles also defused a bomb suspected to have been planted by underground activists near Itham Thong under Lamlai Police Station at around noon today.
On the other hand, police today retrieved a hand grenade lobbed inside the house of one Md Abdul (40) of Sangaiyumpham at around 11.40 pm yesterday.
Deceased identified : The identities of the two youths shot dead on October 13 at Langol Games Village have been established as Haotinkhup Lupho alias Henkhum (26) of Saikul and Thangpu Tonthang (32) of Haokip Veng.
One found hung to death : A man was found hung to death yesterday afternoon at a rented room of Kanglatongbi under Sekmai police station.
The deceased is identified as Abdul Hazarika (40) of Assam.
The corpse was handed over to family members after post morterm today.