Bombs at RIMS
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 20 2013 :
Two powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were found planted inside the compound of Manipur's premier medical institute Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) here Saturday.
The unexploded bombs were found in a garden of RIMS campus closed to the office building of the institute's Director around 8 am when the sweepers go there for their morning work.
Personnel of 6 India Reserved Battalion (IRB) retrieved the bombs weighing 1 kg each.
Later, a team of Manipur Police bomb disposal squad defused them.
The armed outfit Maoist Communist Party (MCP) has claimed responsibility for the bombs found in the RIMS campus, an Imphal local evening daily has reported.
Meanwhile, in a statement, media advisor of RIMS has observed that it would have been a tragedy had the bombs exploded.
The RIMS auhtority once again appealed to one and all not to vitiate the hospital and academic atmosphere with such violent activities.
Apart from the employees there are students from all States in general and the NE region in particular.
Hundreds of patients and relatives visit the institute everyday and Medical, Dental and Nursing colleges are located inside the same campus.
So, violence of any sort will send a wrong signal, the statement observed.
The RIMS authority also sought cooperation from all sections of the people in the smooth and peaceful conduct of these institutes.