Hoax bomb panics Secretariat
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 21 2012:
Filled bottles of cough syrup hoaxed staffer of New Secretariat today prompting high ranking security officers to rush to the spot to take stock of the situation.
Staffer of Settlement Directorate found nine bottles of cough syrup packed in a black colour bag this afternoon inside a plastic dustbin near Room No 208 of Settlement Office Block, New Secretariat.
A wave of panic spread among the staffer soon after the discovery fearing that it could be an explosive.
All the staffs of the block were evacuated outside the building.
Following an information to the police, several high ranking police officers including ADGP, V Zathang, Special Secretary (Home) Clay Khongsai, and Additional SP of Imphal West, Herojit rushed to the spot to oversee the situation.
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With the assistance of police bomb experts and sniffer dogs of CRPF, the area as well as the spot was surveyed for around 30 minutes.
Later, the police confirmed it to be a pack of filled cough syrup, D-Cough.
As a pre-emptive measure, the police scanned the area with metal detectors.