Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 13 2010:
A Chinese hand grenade wrapped in a gift box was 'gifted' to A.Tolen, secretary of Leprosy Welfare Society on Monday night by an unidentified person impersonating as his well wisher.
The bomb did not explode and was disposed off in a safer place by the Manipur bomb squad team later.
Sources revealed that an unknown person had visited the residence of A.Tolen at Leingkhol, Chingmeirong, Imphal on the pretext of asking the health condition and also gave the gift as a token of love.
.ATolen is reportedly a diabetic patient.
Later, when the family members unwrapped the gift, they discovered a Chinese hand grenade inside the gift box.
It may be recalled that A.Tolen had received threatening calls allegedly from a militant outfit in the first week of March this year.
The organization had reportedly demanded 5 lakhs.
Decrying the monetary demand, the womenfolk of the area had staged sit-in-protest on March 21 .
They had also appealed the organization to withdraw their monetary demand.