Girl killed, five injured in blast

Mail News Service Imphal, Mar 15: A powerful bomb blast inside a house killed a nine-year old girl and another five wounded in Pangei near Manipur Police Training College under Heingang police station in Imphal East district in the morning of Thursday. The blast occurred at around 8:40 am inside a rented house of Pebam […]

Mail News Service
Imphal, Mar 15: A powerful bomb blast inside a house killed a nine-year old girl and another five wounded in Pangei near Manipur Police Training College under Heingang police station in Imphal East district in the morning of Thursday.
The blast occurred at around 8:40 am inside a rented house of Pebam Jilla, a retired jamander of 8 Manipur Rifles at Pangei Lairam Mapal about 15 km from the capital Imphal. Jilla, hailing from Nambol Khabi in Bishnupur district, and his family are reported to have been staying at the rented house for a couple of years.
The explosion suspected to be caused by a powerful RDX killed Jilla’s nine-year old daughter named Pebam Bebinao on the spot and his second wife Memmi, 45, Pebam Memcha, 35, daughter of Jilla, and her three daughters—Anjali,17, Pretty,8 and Tracy, 3 were injured in the blast.
They were shifted to Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) and that two among the injured were stated to be critical, according to some doctors there.
Police said they believed a timer bomb suspected to be a powerful RDX planted inside the residence of Jilla was incidentally went off when his daughter, Bebina who died in the blast tried to identify it.
No underground organization has claimed responsibility for the blast so far.
A case has been registered at Heingang police station regarding the incident, police said, adding that an investigation has started.

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