Police detect 5 kg IED; avert major tragedy
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Imphal, December 05 2015 :
Manipur Police averted a major tragedy as they detected a 5 kg Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Sagolmang area on the outskirts of Imphal.
Official sources on Saturday said the powerful bomb, which contained fragmentation-generating objects like nails, ball bearing and 2 kg RDX, was found by a team of Sagolmang Police Station at Irol Yotpi Pukhao Laipham in Imphal East around 3 pm on Friday.
Police believe the IED, planted by suspected UG cadres to target security forces in the area, was a remote controlled device which was retrieved by a Manipur Police bomb disposal squad and later defused near a hillock nearby.