Arson bid foiled
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 07 2022:
Timely reaction from an alert chowkidar of the Mini Secretariat of Tamenglong district headquarters averted a major fire from burning down the whole building today at about 9 pm.
Sources from the district headquarters of Tamenglong informed that a group unidentified arsonists attempted to set the Mini-Secretariat on fire late in the evening today, but timely response from the chowkidar on duty stopped the fire from spreading across the building.
The arsonists also manhandled the chowkidar for raising an alarm, but local people who had woken up due to the commotion came to the rescue of the chowkidar and the arsonists managed to flee under cover of darkness.
The fire was soon brought under control.