Pangei blast kills minor girl, 5 hurt
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 15 2012:
A minor girl was killed while other two minor girls and three women sustained injuries as a powerful blast ripped apart a rented house near Manipur Police Training School, Pangei this morning.
According to information culled from the spot, a powerful blast ripped apart a rented house located just opposite to a gate of MPTS at about 8.30 am.
The house and the MPTS gate are separated by a distance of just about 50 metres.
The blast killed nine year Pebam Babynao (daughter of Jilla) on the spot.
Jilla's wife Memmy (65), daughter Memcha (45), grand-daughters (Memcha's daughters) Anjali (17), Preeti (8) and Tracy (3) sustained injuries of varying degrees and they are undergoing treatment at JNIMS.
It is said that the conditions of Preeti and Tracy are critical.
Later, explosive experts of Manipur Police and Imphal East District Police inspected the blast site.
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The bomb did not have splinters and smelt like RDX.
Experts suspected that the explosive was a pressure bomb containing RDX.
At the impact of the explosion, the roof of the house made by GI sheets was blown away, and all the materials kept inside the house were scattered everywhere.
Pieces of human flesh could be seen on the walls as well as on the floor of the house.
Police claimed that investigation has been launched to find out details of the blast like who and how the explosive was brought there.
The devastated house belongs to one Okram Inaoton of Pangei Maning Leikai.
He rented the house to Jilla who hails from Nambol Khabi.
Jilla, now 70 years old, has been running a cycle workshop, after his retirement as Jemadar of 8th Manipur Rifles.
His daughter Memcha was married to one Angourei Kom of Mantak.
She came to stay with her father at Pangei along with her three children a few months back.
Angourei has also retired from 5th IRB.
Police have picked up Jilla's son Khunanglung alias Piktru (17) for interrogation in connection with the blast.
Meanwhile, the Women Action for Development (WAD) has strongly condemned the bomb blast.
Questioning how and why the bomb was planted and by whom and for what, a press release issued by WAD appealed to the authority concerned to act immediately and investigate the incident and book the culprit(s) .
It also appealed to the Government to check, monitor and control proliferation of arms and ammunition to avoid such occurrences.
While conveying solidarity to all the victims, it urged the Government to provide all possible assistance for treatment and rehabilitation of the injured victims.