Two BSF personnel injured in bomb explosion in Manipur

August8: Two BSF personnel were injured when three powerful bombs exploded at
Kangpokpi in Manipur’s Senapati district on Monday. Police said the
three IEDs exploded at a place 3 km away from Kangpokpi town when the
Border Security Force personnel were trying to board a vehicle.

After the explosion, Manipur police and BSF officials rushed to the
spot and conducted search operation but no one was arrested, police
said. The injured were given first aid by Assam Rifles doctors at
Kangpokpi and referred to a hospital in Imphal. No organisation or
individual has claimed responsibility for the bomb attack so far.

In another incident, an IED weighing 3 kg was recovered by a combined
team of Manipur Police and 25 Assam Rifles early today while frisking
passengers and checking bus near Tendongyan village in Manipur’s Imphal
West district, said Th. Vikramjit, Additional Superintendent of
Police.The IED, which was recovered after a tip off, Intelligence said
was to be used to attack security forces, he added.