Personnel of the 49 Border Security Force escaped unscathed when insurgents triggered a remote controlled bomb on Thursday morning at Sawombung, in Imphal East district.
However, a villager, identified as Sanayai Moirangthem (21) was injured by the shrapnel. His condition is said to be serious, but stable.
The BSF personnel patrol the Imphal-Ukrul road everyday. On Thursday morning, some personnel were patrolling in two vehicles when insurgents, using a remote control device, detonated the powerful bomb planted at the side of the road.
A combing operation was launched by security pesonnel with the help of reinforcements,
However, no arrest was made as the insurgents are believed to have fled. There is no claim from any underground organisation.
Teacher held for rape
Meanwhile, angry villagers on Thursday pulled down the house of a teacher on the charge that he had raped his six-year-old girl student. Police, who rushed there, had arrested the teacher before the villagers could attack him.
Police said that on December 5, the teacher, identified as Varun Nongthombam of Urup Litan Makhong in Imphal east district, had raped the girl who is a student of Class I. The girl narrated the incident to her mother on Thursday who, in return, alerted the villagers. The house and other belongings were destroyed.
