Miscreants planted a hand grenade and fired nine rounds of bullets at the residence of an executive engineer of PMGSY at Kongba Uchekon Khunou Panthoibi Laibung under Irilbung Police Station in Imphal East, Manipur on Sunday.
As per sources, the miscreants planted the hand grenade at the front yard of Moirangthem Rupa, 42, of Kongba Uchekon Khunou near Panthoibi Laibung around 8.5 pm and fired nine rounds of bullets around 9 pm.
The Bomb Disposal Squad safely defused the hand grenade around 9.45 pm and it was disposed of at Warokchingol around 11.45 pm.
Meanwhile, Meira Paibis under the jurisdiction of Social Youth’s United Club and Uchekon Khunou staged a sit-in protest at Nongpok Panthoibi Anourou Khunou, Haraobung on Monday.
Speaking on the sidelines of the protest, treasurer of Nupi Chaokhat Khongthang Lup Uchekon Khunou S Damenti expressed dismay over the bomb threat amid the ongoing conflict. She urged the relevant groups to refrain from such threats.
Outsiders will be restricted from entering the Uchekon Khunou area from 6 pm to 6 am, she added.