Imphal, Feb. 3 -- A potential threat to life and property was averted when a large quantity of Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) was detected, recovered, and defused at the gate of a government employee in Manipur's Imphal East district on Monday.

Upon receiving a piece of emergency informationregarding the discovery of a suspect at the gate of an Executive Engineer of the Manipur government, a joint team of the Manipur police bomb squad and Porompat police station rushed to the spot.

The experts of the Manipur police bomb detection and disposal squad detected the RCIED packed in a basket planted at the residential gate of Nongthonbam Mohindro, 57, son of N Shyamo, a resident of Nongmeibung Rajbari in Imphal East dist...