Northeast: News in brief

Bomb kills two girls in Manipur

Imphal, February 1 (IANS): A bomb exploded on a mountain in Manipur’s Noney district on Friday, killing two teenage tribal sisters, police sources said. The two had climbed the mountain near their Leisok village to fell trees for doing shifting cultivation. The victims were identified as Akhiuna Kamei (17) and Gaikhonlieu Kamei (15). “The elder sister died on the spot while the younger one succumbed to the injuries on the way to hospital. Their mother was also injured and had to be hospitalised,” a police officer said. The bodies were taken to Imphal for post-mortem. One report said the bomb appeared to be of World War II vintage. But official speculation is that the bomb might have been buried there to attack insurgents of rival outfits. Some armed groups are active in the mountains of this district.

RPF seized contraband goods worth Rs 5 crore in 2018

Guwahati, February 1 (PTI): The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railway has detected 210 cases of contraband smuggling during 2018 and seized various types of contraband goods worth over Rs 5 crore. Contraband materials seized include ganja, opium, brown sugar, tablets/capsules, cough syrup, wine/liquor, foreign made cigarette, tobacco, foreign clothes, etc, said an N-F Railway press release here on Friday. Stating these items were seized during checking at different stations and trains in N-F Railway, the release said the approximate value of seized contraband items is around Rs 5,82,21,167. Besides, 43 persons were also arrested for their alleged involvement in shipping of contraband items during the year and handed over to GRP for further action as per law, said the release issued by N-F Railway Chief Public Relations Officer P J Sharma. The seized goods include foreign made cigarette worth Rs 3,24,75,562, ganja worth Rs 1,26,96,550, foreign clothes worth Rs 12,00,000, etc, it said, adding, during January this year, the RPF seized contraband items worth Rs 87,90,314.

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