3 CRPF personnel injured in blast at Kakwa

Three personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured in a bomb blast near Singjamei Police Station in Imphal West district at around 11.41 pm on Sunday.

The injured personnel, all belonging to E Company of the CRPF’s 189th Battalion based at Kakwa Lamdaibung Lampak, were identified as C Poonambalm, 58, Ramesh Kumar, 57, and Pabitra Kumar Jena, 56.

According to officials, the explosion occurred around 500 metres south of Singjamei Police Station. The injured personnel were taken to a private hospital in Imphal, where they remain under treatment.

The cause of the explosion has not yet been established, and no organisation has claimed responsibility for the incident, police said.

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