Assam: National Investigation Agency arrests Kwakta bomb blast accused from Silchar

GUWAHATI: In an intelligence-based joint operation with Assam Police, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) today arrested Md. Noor Hussain from Silchar in the Cachar district, in a case related to the bomb blast at Kwakta, Bishnupur district in Manipur, in a Scorpio vehicle.

The bomb blast case was initially registered by Manipur Police vide FIR no. 635(6)2023 dated June 21, 2023 at PGCI Police Station, Sub Division Moirang, Bishnupur district in Manipur, and later re-registered by the NIA on June 23, 2023 at Imphal. NIA investigations have revealed the involvement of Md. Noor Hussain in the bomb blast that took place on June 21 in an IED-laden Scorpio vehicle parked over a bridge located in the area of Phougakchao Ikhai Awang Leikai and Kwakta along the Tiddim road in the Bishnupur district. Three persons were injured and the bridge, along with nearby houses, got damaged as a result of the bomb blast. Further investigation in the case is going on.

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