Mail News Service
Imphal, Jan 12: Workers of congress (I) candidates continued to come render bomb attack in different constituencies till today.
Some unknown persons hurled a hand grenade at the residence of one Abdul Kalam Azad (55), Sangai Yumpham cherapur Mathak Leikai last night around 11.35 p.m. no casualties were reported.
Some persons also planted a hand grenade at the house of one Thokchom Boy (45) Kyamgei Maning Leikai today around 7.30 a.m. The bomb was later blasted at Kyamgei Meitei Loukol around 10.55 a.m. Boy is a worker of INC.
Meanwhile some persons coming in a Bolero hurled a Chinese hand grenade at the office of Khongman Development committee situated at Khongman Zone IV last night around 10.30 p.m.
To protest the incident, a sit in protest was held and later a silent rally was also taken out at Khongman area.
A protester said, the office has nothing to do with election and the office has been opened one and half year back.
In yet another incident some persons also presented a bomb at the house of one Sagolsem Sanjit (40), Patsoi IV, last night.
He is a worker of INC candidate AK Mirabai.
Bomb attacks continued on the Congress in poll-bound Manipur, with suspected militants of Coordination Committee (CorCorm), which has been attempting to demoralize the national political party, carrying out attacks at the residences of two active workers of the party, including a party office.
A Chinese hand grenade was lobbed which landed and blasted at the residential garden of one Md Abdul Kalam, 45 of Sangai Yumpham Terapur in Thoubal district yesterday shortly before midnight, but no report of casualty was received. Abdul is a Congress worker.
Another residence of a Congress worker was also attacked by suspected militants this morning at Kyamgei Maning Leikai under Singjamei police station in Imphal West. The Congress worker was identified as Thokchom Boy, 45. An unexploded Chinese hand grenade that was hurled at the residence was recovered by police.
Some unidentified armed militants who came in a Bolero jeep also hurled a hand grenade at the the Khongman Zone- IV Congress Development Committee under Porompat police station in Imphal East around 11: 20 last night. The bomb was later retrieved by a bomb squad after it failed to explode.
The CorCorm, an umbrella organization of seven militant groups in the State, has imposed a ban on the Indian National Congress (INC) in Manipur.
Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/congress-supporters-attacked/
