Suspected militants on Saturday evening hurled a hand grenade inside the office of a leading Manipuri newspaper at Keishampat in Manipur’s Imphal West district. An unidentified miscreant lobbed gerenade in the office of ”Poknapham”, a vernacular newspaper, however, did not explode.No arrest was made in connection with the incident so far.

According to the police, the incident occurred around 6.30 pm at the office of the newspaper located at Keishampat Thiyam Leikai. The safety pin of the grenade was found intact, said the police. The CCTV footage showed the grenade was hurled by a woman who came on a moped. Bomb experts of the state police removed the explosive weapon from the spot.

A search operation has been carried by Manipur police to nab the culprits behind the incident.  Security has been beefed up around all the media houses in the region. Editor of Poknapham, Aribam Robindro Sharma said they did not get any form of threats or intimidations from anyone.

The All Manipur Working Journalist Union (AMWJU) and Editor’s Guild Manipur (EGM) Condemning the attack.

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