Four militants arrested, explosives recovered in Manipur

Our Correspondent
Imphal, August 14 (EMN): Manipur police on the eve of 71st Independence Day observation on Monday arrested three persons involved in yesterday’s bomb explosion at Kakwa Naorem Leikai in Imphal West district during an operation, according to district SP Themthing Ngashangva.
The arrested persons have been identified as Sapam Nanda, also known as Maker (50) of Bashikhong Torban in Imphal East district, Pipa Yaima Maring (29)of Kangkoi Khullen in Tengtnoupal and Thingbaijam Sanjoy (35) of Kakwa Naorem Leikai in Imphal West district.
Bomb making materials like 81 Gelatin Sticks, 500 Gram of 2 TNT Cases, 6 Circuits, a Remote Control Device, 3 Mobile Phones and 5 Sim Cards that were used to make the bomb were recovered from them.
Speaking to media, SP Themthing said the massive search and raids were organised at different places to nab the perpetrators on receiving news yesterday’s incident and arrested Sapam Nanda, a cadre of the banned outfit Prepak. Upon interrogation, he revealed the name of the other two persons involved. “They confessed that they have assembled the IED in the morning of August 13 and planted it around 7am and waited for opportune time to target the security forces,” he said. “They revealed that they exploded the IED using a remote control device from a distance of about 300 metres.”
It may be recalled that a bomb was exploded at Kakwa Naorem Leikai yesterday morning amid tight security measures in view of Independence Day celebrations in the state. However, there was no casualty.