A commando team led by DSP(Ops) Imphal West Md Riyaj from Imphal reached Ukhrul on Tuesday to investigate the bomb blast which occurred on Monday at Viewland Baptist Church near Viewland Community Road under the jurisdiction of Ukhrul police station around 6.23 pm.
As per sources, the state government deployed a team of 70 special police commandos from Imphal West and Imphal East combined to be on strict vigil as there were frequent reported incidents of miscreants planting bombs in Ukhrul town.
According to police, the team has not initiated any form of cordon and search operation for now. The team has been collecting information about the blast and about the movement of the unknown miscreants. They have also been looking into the areas where UG groups are dominantly active.
Meanwhile, the number of casualties in the bomb blast have reached six, the sources added.
The injured people are Mangal Mahato, 55, from Bihar; Sanjay Kumar Prashad, 30, son of Laxman Bhagat from Bihar; Arjun Dhan, 26, son of Prakash Dhan from Leimakhong Kangpokpi District; Sanjay Uprety, 27, son of Krishna from Charhajare Kangpokpi District; Satynarayan Gupta, 36, son of Devakumar Gupta from Bihar and Neeraj Kumar, 26, son of Devendra Mandal from Balia Indrajit Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
Mangal Mahato and Sanjay Kumar Prashad were referred to JNIMS on Monday and Arjun Dhan was also admitted to JNIMS on Tuesday.
Neeraj Kumar has been discharged after getting treatment at Leishiphung Christian Hospital, said the sources.
All the injured non locals have been staying at Viewland, Ukhrul district.
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