6 labourers injured in early morning blast in Imphal

Labourers hailing from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh suffer splinter injuries.

Six daily labourers were injured when in an explosion in Imphal on Monday morning, police said.

The place in Imphal where an explosion injured six persons on Monday. (By special arrangement)

Labourers hailing from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh suffered splinter injuries when a low intensity improvised explosive device blew up near an automobile parts store in Majorkhul at around 5.45 am, said the police. The injured, who were waiting for work, were treated at health care centres and are out of danger.

“An investigation is on,” said a police official.