Manipur: Security Forces Recover Explosive Devices, Detonators in Churachandpur

CHURACHANDPUR: Security forces conducted intensive search operations and area dominance exercises across the fringe and vulnerable zones of Manipur's hill and valley districts on December 23.

During the operations in Lesiang village, Churachandpur District, a significant cache of explosives was recovered. The seized items included 40 meters of cordtex, nine improvised explosive devices (IEDs) equipped with nine detonators, one non-electric commercial detonator, and 30 cm of safety fuse. 

According to reports, the suspected bombs were discovered around 10:30 am under a bridge near the controversial Anglo-Kuki War Memorial Gate along Tiddim Road, under the jurisdiction of Churachandpur Police Station.

Reports claim that the bomb experts from the 36 Assam Rifles, along with district police, safely defused the suspected improvised explosive device (IED) at around 3 pm the same day.

In the second incident on Monday, a joint combing operation conducted by the 19 Garhwal Rifles, 58 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), A-115 Border Security Force (BSF), and Churachandpur district police recovered arms, explosives, and ammunition, including three unexploded improvised rockets, at Thangjing Hill near Teijang village, Churachandpur.

The district police said that the seizures followed information from local sources about a likely arms and ammunition cache in the forested areas of the Thangjing Hills, approximately 2.8 km west of the Kangvai Company Operating Base near Teijang village.

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