Blast at Member's house
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 01 2011:
A bomb was set-off at the house of a ZP Member last night.
Police also recovered an unexploded hand grenade hurled by suspected UGs from the house of a deputy director of the Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Department.
Police reports said that the bomb blast at the house of ZP Member, Tongbram Manitombi Devi, at Mayang Langjing under Lamshang PS took place last night around 10.30 pm.
No casualty was reported.
However, damaged was caused to window panes and doors of the house.
A sit-in-protest against the blast was staged by the womenfolk of the locality.
It started around 10 am and went on till around 4 pm.
The hand grenade, recovered by police from the house of deputy director of Veterinary Dr Sorokhaibam Saroja Devi today around 7 am.
It was hurled from an auto-rickshaw.
Dr Saroja is currently posted at Moreh and according to the family there was no monetary demand to the doctor from any UG group.
Locals staged a sit-in-protest against the failed bomb attack.