Imphal, May 5: One hand grenade was recovered from the residence gate of Akam Nilamani Singh (70), s/o (L) A Ibocha of Sagolband under Lamphel Police Station today at around 6.35am.
Later a team of Lamphel police has retrieved the grenade along with an envelope on which a warning message “Nomeithem Jayenta Chief Medical Officer of Thoubal your life is danger” is written at around 7.30 am.
It is believed that the bomb has been planted mistakenly at the house of Nilamani, a retired Addl Chief Engineer of IFCD instead of another person identified as Jayenta, whose house is near to the residence of the retired Chief Engineer.
Thoubal District Medical Employees Association has staged a sit-in-protest at the office gate of CMO, Thoubal Wangma Taba today afternoon in protest against the bomb threat to Thoubal CMO, Dr N Jayentakumar Singh.