Militants hurl grenades at houses

Unidentified militants hurled grenades at two houses in Manipur in connection with monetary demands, official sources said on Thursday.

Unidentified militants hurled grenades at two houses in Manipur in connection with monetary demands, official sources said on Thursday.

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The militants lobbed a powerful grenade at the house of a gram panchayat pradhan identified as N Ranjit (45) at Nachou area in Bishenpur district on Wednesday evening.

But the grenade failed to explode, the sources said.

The militants also hurled a grenade at the house of senior accountant of industry department, Md Sanajaoba, at Lilong area in Thoubal district on Wednesday.

Both the grenades were defused by bomb experts of police department.