Meghalaya police claims to get vital clues on bomb explosion

Shillong, Jan 04 (UNI) Meghalaya police today claimed to have got some 'vital clues' in the recent bomb explosion in the state.

However, police are yet to get any lead in connection with yesterday's twin bomb blast at Lad Rymbai in the Jaintia Hills district.

On January 2 night, four persons were injured, one critically, when two unidentified youths hurled a crude bomb into a garment shop at Khyndai-Lad, the commercial hub centre.

Yesterday seven people were injured, one of them seriously, when miscreants lobbed a local-made bomb at a gambling den and on the NH 44.

''We have got some vital clues in the bomb explosion inside the local garment shop,'' East Khasi Hills district Superintendent of Police A R Mawthoh told UNI here today.

Mr Mawthoh said investigation into the matter was going on in full swing and refused to elaborate.

Mr Mawthoh's counterpart in Jaintia Hills Mr H Nongpluh said the investigation into the matter was on.

''We are investigating from all angles,'' Mr Nongpluh told this correspondent over phone from Lad Rymbai.

Lad Rymbai, a coal belt area, is about 95 km from capital Shillong and known for its anti-social activities like gambling, trafficking of weapons and prostitutions besides, the presence of migrant labourers from Nepal and illegal Bangladeshis.

Meanwhile, state's Director General of Police William Richmond Marbaniang said police were investigating probable links of the triple blast.

A special squad headed by a Superintendent of Police Ricky Dkhar, comprising bomb experts, had been formed to investigate the attacks, he said.

Chief Minister J D Rymbai today urged the people not to panic in the wake of the low-intensity blasts in downtown Shillong in Jaintia hills district.

Mr Rymbai said he had instructed the police to be alert to thwart such incidents in other parts of the state.

Meanwhile, former Lok Sabha Speaker and NCP leader Purno A Sangma condemned the triple blasts.

''The state government should be firm and quick to deal with the situation,'' Mr Sangma said.

UNI