Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 27:
Three employees of the Electricity Department, Churachandpur division, all of them women, sustained bomb splinter wounds when unidentified miscreants lobbed a hand grenade inside the EE/Electricity office room at Bijang locality here around 12.30 pm today.
The EE/Electricity (Ccpur Div) L Gulapi Singh was not at the office at the time of the incident, reports our correspondent.
The reason for the attack is not known, but is believed to be related to extortion demands.
Witnesses said that three unidentified persons came to the office in a Yamaha bike whose number plate was taken off and while the driver waited outside with the engine on, the other two entered the premises and lobbed the bomb inside the room.
The miscreants escaped in the same vehicle towards Tufbuong side, sources said.
All the three women injured in the incident are at the next room separated by wooden partitions.
!fliey are Ms.Ngaikung, 54, from Unity Street, New Lamka who was hit by a splinter on the left part of her waist; Ms Ngerhngaihlian, 33, from Gck Veng, New Lamka who was hit on the left leg and waist; and Ms.Lalruotliani, 40, from Saikot village who was hit on the buttock.
While Ms Ngaikung and Ms Ngemngaihlian are peons in the office, Ms.Lalfuotliani is an LDC in the same office.