Vacuum cleaner causes bomb scare
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 28 2022:
There was panic in Pureiromba Khongnang Mak-hong area under Imphal East district on Monday afternoon after local people found an unattended bag lying in front of a closed shop for a long time.
Local people, who have been observing the bag, got scared of getting near the bag.
Later around 4 pm, some media persons, who were passing by, came across the bag and shared a photo of the unattended bag to the 'Police and Press' WhatsApp group after which a team of Imphal East district police came.
The police cleared the area and poked the bag with a long bamboo pole.
As they could not find any possibility of the bag containing any explosive materials, police opened it and found a vacuum cleaner inside.