Union Minister’s House Set On Fire In Manipur

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Union Minister Dr. RK Ranjan Singh was not present

KRC TIMES Manipur Bureau

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.

L Dineshwor Singh ,Escort Commander,
… we couldn’t prevent the incident as the mob was overwhelming and we couldn’t control it he situation. They threw petrol bombs coming in from all directions.. from the bye lane behind the building and from the front entrance. so we simply couldn’t control the mob.

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