Imphal Jul 3 UNA : The Maoist Communist Party, Manipur Wednesday owned up the bomb blast at the residence of chairman of the Board of Directors of Imphal Urban Co-operative Bank (IUCB) at Koirou Leikai in Imphal East district on last Monday night. Claiming the blast incident, a statement signed by its publicity and propaganda secretary Nonglen Meetei, alleged IUCB chairman of involving in “massive corruption, appointment of relative to the banks fraudulently” and for his high handedness towards the party cadres.
The bomb they have triggered at the residence of the chairman was a remote control one and was planted by the cadres of the party. It has been triggered at the midnight taking care of casualty to be affected to the neighbours.
The statement, however, clarified its cadres had not use any gun and the gun shot that was reportedly heard by the locality was fired out by the chairman Thokchom Dilipkumar and his men.
The statement further said that the Maoist had already aware the people about the misconduct of the chairman Dilip.
He had appointed his own two sons as employees of the bank within this short span of two years as chairman by tempering the address of his sons. Besides this he had appointed 40 persons so far in the bank without following the rules and regulations of the bank.
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