Police said that suspected bombs were discovered under a bridge near the controversial Anglo-Kuki War Memorial Gate along Tiddim Road.
Bombs, arms and explosives, including three unexploded improvised rockets, were found from two places in strife-torn Manipur’s Churachandpur district on Monday, police said.
Police said that suspected bombs were discovered around 10.30am under a bridge near the controversial Anglo-Kuki War Memorial Gate along Tiddim Road, under the jurisdiction of Churachandpur Police Station.They said that bomb experts from the 36 Assam Rifles, along with district police, safely defused the suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at around 3pm the same day.
Police said nine IEDs, one detonator of non-electric commercial and a safety fuse were recovered.The Anglo-Kuki War Memorial Gate has been a focal point of the start of the present unrest in Manipur. The Kuki community has alleged that unknown miscreants from the Meitei community attempted to burn down the gate on May 3 last year, which led to flare up in tensions and clashes between the two sides.
The district police said that the seizures followed information from local sources about a likely arms and ammunition cache in the forested areas of the Thangjing Hills, approximately 2.8 km west of the Kangvai Company Operating Base near Teijang village.