Imphal (Manipur): Two Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel sustained splinter injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Manipur on Sunday, which escalated tension in the poll-bound state.
The blast took place around 8 pm near Wangoo Tera police station range which is around 45 km from Manipur's capital Imphal.
Constables Girija Shankar and Gaurav Rai, both from ITBP's 49 Battalion, suffered injuries in the blast which occurred when they were conducting an area domination patrol along with his colleagues and Manipur Police personnel, said the ITBP in a statement.
