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MPHAL: Tension gripped the Governor's House here on Friday after Kangleipak Communist Party, Military Council, (KCP-MC), rebels tried to trigger
a car-bomb explosion inside the high-security complex.
The rebels, who came in two cars, drove into the complex in a Maruti 800 fitted with bombs, sources said. They fled in the other vehicle parked outside. The car that was fitted with the bombs was detected around 1.30 pm. Raj Bhavan sources said the attackers, masquerading as social activists, managed to get the cars inside the complex on the plea of submitting a memorandum to the Governor.
Gurbachand Jagat was in office when the incident took place. The vehicle was parked a few metres away from his room, they added.
A statement issued by KCP-MC secretary (military affairs) Lanheiba Meitei said the operation was carried out by cadres of the fifth unit of Lanjaba Tangol (special demo team). The outfit accused the Governor of being the mastermind of state terrorism.
Though security guards didn't allow journalists to move inside the Raj Bhawan, some employees said two pipe-like bombs were fitted to the car.
Senior superintendent of police (Imphal West) L Kailun said the vehicle had explosives stuffed at the back. The explosives included three grenades, iron nails, bolts and two mobile handsets.
Manipur Police's bomb experts retrieved the explosives and took them to the state forensic laboratory at Pangei in greater Imphal for study, official sources said. A senior police officer said an FIR has been registered and investigation was on. In December last year, rebels lobbed two grenades at the Raj Bhavan.
Attacks on residences of VVIPs are not uncommon in Manipur. In the last two years, chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh's office-cum-bungalow had been attacked twice by militants. In March 2007, underground activists triggered a grenade explosion inside the Manipur Assembly complex. The Babupara VIP colony, which is close to the chief minister's bungalow, has also come under bomb attack.
MPHAL: Tension gripped the Governor's House here on Friday after Kangleipak Communist Party, Military Council, (KCP-MC), rebels tried to trigger
a car-bomb explosion inside the high-security complex.
The rebels, who came in two cars, drove into the complex in a Maruti 800 fitted with bombs, sources said. They fled in the other vehicle parked outside. The car that was fitted with the bombs was detected around 1.30 pm. Raj Bhavan sources said the attackers, masquerading as social activists, managed to get the cars inside the complex on the plea of submitting a memorandum to the Governor.
Gurbachand Jagat was in office when the incident took place. The vehicle was parked a few metres away from his room, they added.
A statement issued by KCP-MC secretary (military affairs) Lanheiba Meitei said the operation was carried out by cadres of the fifth unit of Lanjaba Tangol (special demo team). The outfit accused the Governor of being the mastermind of state terrorism.
Though security guards didn't allow journalists to move inside the Raj Bhawan, some employees said two pipe-like bombs were fitted to the car.
Senior superintendent of police (Imphal West) L Kailun said the vehicle had explosives stuffed at the back. The explosives included three grenades, iron nails, bolts and two mobile handsets.
Manipur Police's bomb experts retrieved the explosives and took them to the state forensic laboratory at Pangei in greater Imphal for study, official sources said. A senior police officer said an FIR has been registered and investigation was on. In December last year, rebels lobbed two grenades at the Raj Bhavan.
Attacks on residences of VVIPs are not uncommon in Manipur. In the last two years, chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh's office-cum-bungalow had been attacked twice by militants. In March 2007, underground activists triggered a grenade explosion inside the Manipur Assembly complex. The Babupara VIP colony, which is close to the chief minister's bungalow, has also come under bomb attack.
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