Nine arrested in connection with bomb case

Nine persons have so far been arrested in connection with September 18 incident in which some unidentified persons kept a 'car-bom' at Manipur Raj Bhavan complex, official sources said today.

Nine persons have so far been arrested in connection with September 18 incident in which some unidentified persons kept a 'car-bom' at Manipur Raj Bhavan complex, official sources said today.

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Sources said all the nine were being interrogated extensively.

On September 18 last, some unknown persons who came on the pretext of submitting a memorendum to the Governor Gurbachan Jagan left a car filled with 25 kgs of explosives and three hand grenades, sources said.

The explosives were later defused by the bomb experts of Manipur police.

Militant outfit Kangleipak Communist Party-Military Council had earlier claimed that they kept the explosives and added that it could hit any vip area in the state if they wanted.