One person sustained injuries after a bomb exploded in Manipur on Tuesday while the security forces recovered a large cache of sophisticated arms and ammunition.
Police said that the powerful bomb exploded on the outskirts of Imphal city under Imphal West district resulting in injuries to one person.
Meanwhile, the defence sources said that during a joint search operation by the Assam Rifles and Manipur Police, two suspected armed miscreants were apprehended along with arms, ammunition and other war-like stores were recovered from them at Kairang Turel Mapal in Imphal East District.
The recovery includes five sophisticated various types of arms, two country-made improvised weapons, a large quantity of mixed ammunition, and other miscellaneous war-like stores.
On Monday, a combined team of Manipur police and JAT Regiment of Army apprehended a gang of arms smugglers. Three arms, 21 ammunition, two vehicles and cash were recovered from their possession.
On Tuesday, the situation remained tense at some places but the situation is improving in most places and no untoward incident has been reported during the last 24 hours, Manipur Police Control Room said.
Meanwhile, the state police and central forces are continuously conducting patrolling, flag marches and cordon and search operations in vulnerable areas both in the hill and valley districts.
About 119 Nakas and checkpoints have been installed in different districts to monitor the movement of people and vehicles.
Over 400 persons have been detained in connection with curfew violations in different districts of the state.
Police said that a total of 1,110 looted arms, 13,941 pieces of various types of ammunition and 250 bombs of different kinds have been recovered so far from different districts.
During the ethnic violence in Manipur, the attackers have looted thousands of arms and lakhs of ammunition from various police stations and security posts.
Meanwhile, Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday and discussed the ethnic crisis in Manipur.
“Hon’ble Governor of Manipur, Miss Anusuiya Uikey called on Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah in New Delhi today and apprised him of the present security situation in the state and informed that after his visit to Manipur, peace & normalcy has been restored to a certain extent,” Raj Bhavan tweeted.
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