Hand grenades planted
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 23, 2011:
One hand grenade each was planted at the house of a member of Leitanpokpi Gram Panchayat and another at the house of an Executive Engineer, PWD at Purana Rajbari Nongmeibung during the last 24 hours.
The first incident took place yesterday at around 7:30 pm at the residence of Wangjam Kumar, member Gram Panchayat, Leitangpokpi Awang Leikai.
The bomb was later disposed off this morning by bomb experts and the Lamlai police.
The bomb was wrapped in a paper which had a monitory demand of Rs 5 lakhs written on it.
Meanwhile, in another unrelated incident, a hand grenade was also planted at the residence of Laishram Brojen, Executive Engineer, PWD, early this morning at around 5:30.The bomb was later picked up by the Porampat police.
The reason behind the planting of the bomb was not known as yet.