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Militants explode bomb at railway construction site

No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the incident

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Press Trust of India Imphal
Last Updated : Jan 09 2014 | 1:01 PM IST
A powerful bomb hurled by the militants exploded at the construction site of a railway line at Nungba area in interior Manipur's Tamenglong district but no casualty was reported, police said here today.

The militants exploded the bomb late last evening, damaging tyre of a vehicle parked near the construction site.

No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the incident.

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Official reports from the district said that some hill-based organisations had earlier warned not to go ahead with the construction of any Centre-sponsored project at hill districts of Manipur.

They wanted a separate administrative unit for the hill districts of the state, sources said.

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First Published: Jan 09 2014 | 12:55 PM IST

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