Salai official attacked
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 20 2024:
A member of the board of directors of Salai Holdings was attacked by some unidentified persons by hurling and exploding two hand grenades at his resi-dence last night.
The incident took place at Singjamei Mayengbam Lei-kai, Imphal West under Singjamei Police Station at the residence of Chingtham Samson (46) s/o Chaoba, sources informed.
Chingtham Samson is a member of the board of directors of Salai Holdings.
As per CCTV footage, some unknown persons who came in a four-wheeler vehicle were seen in front of Samson's residential gate.
They hurled two hand grenades into the residential compound of Samson before fleeing from the spot.
Five four-wheeler vehicles parked in the courtyard were damaged in the twin blast but there was no report of any casualty.
Soon after the blasts, senior officers of Imphal West district police rushed to the spot and made an assessment of the situation.
Meanwhile, a case has been registered at Singjamei police station in connection with the incident.
Notably, it was the third bomb attack at the residences of the top officials of Salai Holdings in the last one month.
On June 27 at around 10.30 pm, unknown persons lobbed a hand grenade at the residence of Elangbam Bro-jendro located at Elangbam Leikai Leirak Macha.
Another bomb attack was carried out at the residential gate of Salai Holdings's former managing director Narengbam Samarjit on July 14 at around 10.50 pm at Sagolband Tera Loukrak-pam Leikai under Lamphel police station.