GUWAHATI: The police recovered a hand grenade along with a “warning note” from the entrance of GP Women’s College in the Manipur capital Imphal on Monday morning.
Through the note, the miscreants demanded that the authorities honour the “rights of proletarian students’ free education movement”.
The college is less than 100 meters away from the Raj Bhawan.
Police and bomb disposal squad reached the site after being alerted. The grenade, spotted by passers-by, was later defused at the Lamphel Game Village area in the Imphal West district.
The incident comes a day after a group of unidentified armed men placed a hand grenade at the residence of the proprietor of a private hospital in Thoubal district and threatened his family members at gunpoint.
The incident triggered outrage with the locals blocking the National Highway 102 at Khangabok Bazar and staging a sit-in stir.
Meanwhile, the police in a statement said three insurgents of different groups were arrested for allegedly extorting the public.
Incidents of extortion in the Imphal Valley increased alarmingly in recent months, much to the chagrin of the public. The traders are at the receiving hand and they demonstrated their anger by shutting down their shops and establishments in the past.
The locals blamed extortions for the escalating prices of commodities, including essential commodities.