The Manipur police bomb detection and disposal squad detected a bomb placed on a flower pot in the courtyard of Zilla Parishad Adhyaksha in Manipur’s Kakching district on Friday. An expert team of the Manipur police disposal squad had disposed of the grenade at around 8 a.m. on Friday, the police said.

Unknown persons have placed a .36 high explosive hand grenade on a flowerpot in the courtyard of Phurishabam Jiten, Adhyaksha Zilla Parishad (head of the Jilla Panchayet) of Sekmaijing Mayai Leikai under the Hiyanglam police station in the early hours of Friday, the police said.

Under the banner, “Stop money demand, we want peace,” a sit-in protest organized by the Sekmaijing Social Club was held at the Communal Hall, Sekmaijing in the southern part of Manipur. A Meira Paibi leader, Memba Devi, who was taking part in the protest demanded a clarification from those planting the bomb. She also stated that placing of bomb in a crowded area is an act of dastardly and cowards. So far no one has claimed responsibility over the act.