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Four serial blasts in Manipur, two injured
Wednesday August 15, 2012 08:44:27 PM,
IANS
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Imphal: Two people
were injured after four serial bomb blasts rocked Manipur's
capital Imphal city and Thoubal district on Independence Day
Wednesday, police said.
"There have been a series of blasts of grenades planted by
insurgents in these places," Manipur Police chief Y. Joykumar
Singh told IANS.
Though Singh said "no one was injured in the incident", other
officials said two people were critically injured in the first
blast at Mela Ground in Thoubal district town at around 8 a.m.
The injured were taken to a nearby hospital at the district
headquarters of Thoubal, about 50 km from state capital Imphal.
An hour later, a series of three blasts took place in Sagolband
Salam Leikai, Telipati and Yasikul in Imphal.
All the three explosions took place when Chief Minister Okram
Ibobi Singh was delivering his Independence Day speech at the 1st
Manipur Rifles' Parade Ground.
Ibobi Singh asked insurgents to shun violence and become part of
the mainstream for the overall development of Manipur.
Though no insurgent group has claimed responsibility for the
blasts, Manipur Police and intelligence officials said the blasts
were carried out by the Coordination Committee (CorCom) -- an
umbrella of seven major separatist outfits fighting for an
independent Manipur.
Security has been heightened in Manipur after the serial
explosions.
"No one has been arrested but a manhunt is on to nab the
insurgents," Singh said.
The CorCom and Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC),
Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), National Democratic Front
of Bodoland (NDFB), National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT),
Tripura People's Democratic Front (TPDF) and United Liberation
Front of Asom (ULFA) boycotted Independence Day celebrations in
the northeastern region.
There are more than 20 rebel armies active in Manipur, a state
bordering Myanmar, with demands ranging from secession to greater
autonomy.
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