IED Blast in Manipur: Suspected IED blast takes place in area, no casualty reported

In the early hours of the Wednesday, around 03:30 AM an IED Blast has been reported in Manipur’s Imphal. According to reports, there’s no casualty has been reported in this incident. Leading Media Agency ANI reports, the blast took place in front of Gala mal Godown Telipati in Manipur’s Imphal East.

Meanwhile, the Porompat police team of Imphal East has reached the spot and took stock of the situation.

A ballistic team of Forensic Science Laboratory has also reached to investigate the place of the incident.

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Khailet Lhanghal, Sub-Inspector of police, Porompat Police Station speaking to the ANI said – “The blast is suspected to be from an IED and the police have detected a suspect in the CCTV footage, however, his identity remains unknown.”

He further added – “He was seen riding an Activa. He stopped in front of this Gala mal Godown Telipati owned by Ramnath Sahu. No casualty was reported. Further investigations are underway.”

Ramnath Sahu, owner of the Godown reported ANI – “I did not have any enmity with anyone and he was unaware of the reason behind the blast in my godown.”

(With Inputs from ANI)