Police recover grenade
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, December 06 2022:
Unknown miscreants planted a hand grenade at the residence of one Khaidem Yamba Meitei (53) s/o (L) Birachandra of Khurai Konsam Leikai under Porompat PS on Tuesday morning.
According to a police report, the grenade was lobbed into the residence by unknown persons around 5.30 am Tuesday, but failed to explode.
On receiving news of the incident, a team of Imphal East district police arrived at the scene and took up security measures.
The bomb expert team of state police also arrived and safely retrieved the grenade, before detonating it in a controlled environment at Baruni hills at around 12.26 pm.
It is not known who and for what reason the bomb was placed.
Porompat PS has taken up a suo moto case in this regard, the report conveyed.