Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 07:
The Superintendent of Police Imphal West district, Clay Khongsai has issued a clarification statement regarding a particular report of police commandos recovering/picking up hand the grenade shortly after the gunning down of three youths at Kwakeithel Heinoukhongnembi yesterday morning.
The report had highlighted that the commando personnel picked up the hand grenade without waiting for the arrival of bomb experts at the scene.
According to the SP �services of bomb experts are utilised for handling improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in respect of which the detonating mechanism leading to the explosion is not known to the general security personnel�.
Pointing out that security personnel are taught about the working mechanism of Ordinance factory manufactured explosives like hand grenades, mortar bombs etc, the SP maintained that security personnel can handle such explosive devices (non IEDs) if they are in safe condition thereby not necessitating services of bomb experts.
Further informing that a hand grenade is safe if its pin in intact, he also said in case of the pin detected not intact then the same requires engagement of bomb experts.
As the grenades recovered in the case of yesterday�s incident were found to be intact the same were picked up by the commandos with waiting for the bomb experts, maintained the SP while adding that the Sangai Express reporter who filed the report was �probably not aware of this position and hence made the comment in question�.