Union Minister Dr. RK Ranjan Singh was not present
Imphal :The house of a Union Minister of State Dr. R. K Ranjan Singh was set on fire in Imphal by irate mob late on Thursday night. More than one thousand strong mob thronged the house at Kongba and torched it.
The twenty plus security personnel who were guarding the house were helpless and the house of the Union Minister was torched by petrol bomb from all directions even though the Imphal city is in curfew.
The mob managed to reach the minister’s house at Kongba despite a curfew in Imphal. There were nine security escorts personnel, five security guards and eight additional guards on duty at the minister’s residence at the time, officials said.
The security personnel reported that there were more than one thousand strong group of people that attacked the residence.