IED planted
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 11 2014 :
Local people of Khongman Zone V today staged a protest demonstration against planting an IED inside a Tata DI van parked at the residential gate of Special Contractor Thingujam Munindro alias Ingo.
Family members of Munindro came across the IED packed inside a carton when they took down goods loaded in the van at around 8 am today.
Later, a joint team of 40th Assam Rifles and bomb disposal squad of Manipur retrieved the IED and set it off safely at Yubraj Palli Loumanbi paddy fields.
The IED was made of TNT, and four detonators and a dry cell were also recovered from inside the carton along with the IED, informed a police source.
Taking strong exception to the act of planting bombs in civilian areas, Meira Paibis of Khongman Zone IV and Zone V staged a protest demonstration at the community hall of Khongman Zone V .