Imphal, Mar 1 : In the aftermath of the bomb attacks on the Congress offices of Nambol, Thoubal and Imphal East on Thursday night, security have been tightened up in the areas especially with the police commandos conducting mobile patrolling.
Informing of this security check, Th. Radheshyam, superintendent of the Imphal East police maintained that with the elimination of two cadres of the Kangleipak Communist Party-Military Council (KCP-MC) Lanheiba group working under the fourth command unit of special demo team, the security forces would be able to prevent more of such attacks on Congress offices in different part of the state.
The KCP (MC) in press note had claimed responsibility on the attacks of the Congress offices with a hand grenade. Besides this, it is worth noting here that the outfit in a press note informed that the outfit would start a “Red Fox” operation to wipe out dirty politics of India and added that a command each have been set up in the four valley districts of the state.
Regarding the killing of the two KCP (MC) cadres, the SP informed that on receiving specific information about the movement of persons with arms at Lamlong Bazaar in Imphal East at about 7 pm on Friday night, the police commandos rushed to the spot and in the encounter that ensued two of the cadres were gunned down. An AK 56 rifle, a .3 pistol, a Chinese hand grenade along with a note book containing the plans to attack the Congress offices and Congress candidates were found from their possession, informed the SP Radheshyam.
The decease have been identified by their family members as A. Jadumani, 35, of Maiba Khul and L. Sicond alias Kenny, 32, of Thamnapokpi in Imphal East district. Their bodies have been taken by their families for the last rites from the mortuary of the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) after a post mortem.
Meanwhile, a combined team of the Imphal East police commandos and 28 AR also gunned down a cadre of the People’s United Liberation Front (PULF), Azad group at Keirang under Irilbung in Imphal East Friday evening at about 6:15. The forces recovered a mouser 9mm along with 15 (fifteen) live rounds.
According to sources, the decease has also been identified by family members as Syed Unao Ali, 30, of Khetri Yambi in Imphal East
Security tightened in Manipur after attacks on Congress offices
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