Grenade placed at MLA Bijoy Koijam's house
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 12 2011:
Two unidentified young women who came to the Thongju Pheijaleitong residence of MLA Bijoy Koijam reportedly left a hand grenade at around 12.30 pm today.
The two young women, first asked for the MLA, when the family members informed that the MLA was not at home, they asked for the MLA's brother, Warjit, who was also not at home at the time.
Before leaving, they left a package containing a Chinese made hand grenade at the veranda of the house saying it was meant for the MLA.
One woman who came to know the content of the package reportedly fainted.
On being informed by the family members, a team of police rushed in and retrieved the bomb safely.
Students' Welfare Committee, Thongju Pheijaleitong and Pheijaleitong Meira Paibis' Lup have strongly condemned the bomb threat and demanded an explanation from the group concerned.