Bomb scare near Phqs
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 08 2013:
Panic gripped the public and the passers by when an article suspected to be a bomb was detected in front of the high security zone Old Secretariat near the Police Headquarters today at about 5.30 pm.
The alarm was sounded by the passers by when they saw an abandoned bag in front of the SBI Branch of the Old Secretariat opposite the Police Headquarters.
Rapidly swinging into action, police cordoned off one lane of the road and stopped the movement of people.
A high security zone, the area is ringed in by the Police Headquarters, the office of the SP of Imphal West, besides the office of the AG.
The Chief Minister's official residence is nearby the said site.
Sniffer dogs from the CRPF were pressed into service but no explosives were found later.
Only after realising that there were no explosives planted there, movement of the people and motorists resumed normally.