Manipur: Army, police defuse eight IEDs

Imphal: Eight improvised explosive devices (IEDs) weighing a combined 33 kilograms were successfully defused in Manipur on Saturday, preventing a potential catastrophe.

The explosives, believed to have been planted by "anti-social activists" to target a specific community or security personnel, were discovered in a joint operation by the Indian Army and the Manipur Police Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS).

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Utilizing bomb-sniffing dogs, the security forces located the IEDs, which included fuses and cordex wires, in the Saichang Itham area of Imphal East district, bordering Kangpokpi district.

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This area is frequented by farmers and cattle grazers from nearby Moirangpurel and Itham villages.

Acting on specific intelligence, the Army swiftly deployed a team that, alongside the BDDS experts, neutralized the explosives.