Blast at ex-BJP leader’s house gate in Imphal on poll eve

IMPHAL: A day ahead of the second phase of Manipur assembly polls, unidentified persons exploded a bomb at the residential gate of former BJP chief spokesperson

Chongtham Bijoy

at

Lamphel

here on Friday evening. No one was injured in the blast.

CCTV camera footage showed two persons on a two-wheeler planting the bomb and riding away, sources said. Police rushed to the spot to investigate. Bijoy, who could not be contacted for comments, was denied a BJP ticket for

Uripok

seat in Imphal West. He was expelled from the primary membership of the party for six years on disciplinary charges.


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