Manipur : Bomb blast at police commando complex, NSF declares total blockade

According to the reports, the bomb was detonated by unidentified miscreants at the Moreh Police Commando complex along Manipur-Myanmar border in newly created Tengnoupal district.

A vehicle was dmaged in the blast though there were no reports of casualty.

"There was no casualty and no one claimed responsibility for the attack," a police official said.

Meanwhile, the Naga Students Federation (NSF) has decided to impose a 'total blockade' on all Manipur-bound vehicles, including passenger and goods carriers, in all Naga- inhabited areas till the Manipur government gives  its assurance of safety and security  to the Naga people living in the state.

"If anybody want to travel from Naga-inhabited areas to Manipur would be doing so at his or her own risk," the NSF President Subenthung Kithung said.

He said students travelling back to Manipur after their vacations will be allowed passage.

The United Naga Council (UNC) had imposed an indefinite economic blockade on the National Highways of Manipur since November 1.

Meanwhile,  curfew has been lifted from 4 am till 7pm in Imphal East, except for Lamlong to Yaingangpokpi.

The curfew was clamped following violence over the economic blockade on national highways connecting the state.

Youth’s Forum for Protection of Human Rights (YFPHR) has urged the Manipur government to conduct a special probe into the ambush at Lokchao which left three policemen dead.

On December 18 and December 19, angry protesters torched at least 30 vehicles including several passenger buses in different places of the state.

This was followed by the incident of police using tear gas on bandh supporters in imphal on Tuesday.

The next day, a mob burnt down a church at Pangei Nepali Basti, Imphal East .

Meanwhile mobile internet services have been stopped till December 25 in Imphal East and Imphal West district.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)