IED planted at school gate
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 3 2019:
A team of Singjamei police and Manipur Police Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad safely defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted at the gate of Imphal Public Higher Secondary School, Canchipur, this morning.
According to information culled from the site, the IED fitted inside a tea pot of stainless steel was found by the chowkidar of the school at around 5 am, today.
After he informed the police, a team of high ranking officials of Imphal West police along with Singjamei police and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) rushed to the spot and defused the bomb.
Later, the bomb was safely detonated at Kyamgei.
Meanwhile, denouncing the incident, students and teachers of Imphal Public Higher Secondary School staged a sit-in-protest in the evening.
Speaking to media persons by the sideline of the protest demonstration, one of the teachers urged the individuals or groups concerned to sort out the differences, if there are any, with the school authority through peaceful means.