Unidentified miscreants lobbed a crude bomb at the residence of expelled BJP leader Ch Bijoy in Lamphel area in Manipur’s Imphal West district, police said. ꦡ
The incident took place on Friday night, hours before the second phase of the assembly elections was to begin, they 💞said.
Nobody was 🎉injured in the blast triggered by two masked persons, who came in a two-wheeler, a police officer said.
Bijoy, who was expelled from the saffron party last month for 💞six years on disciplinary grounds, told reporters, "The attack might be a threat… t𒅌o make me politically silent.”
Further investigation is underway, police said.
Polling for the second and last phase of assembly elections in Ma꧟nipur began at 7 am on Saturday in 22 constituencies across six districts.
