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Guwahati : A powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was recovered by the Assam Rifles personnel on Imphal-Ukhrul road on Saturday evening, officials said on Sunday.
Where the IED was recovered that spot is about 15 km away from Ukhrul town.
An Assam Rifles official said that, Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh is scheduled to travel on that's way where the IED recovered.
The Manipur CM is scheduled to visit Ukhrul town in Ukhrul district on April 11 to meet several social organizations.
A troop of 27 Assam Rifles had found the IED from a culvert which was wrapped in a polyhene bag.
"Security personnel had found the bomb during search operation at the area," the Assam Rifles official said.
Later bomb squad team had defused the IED.
Manipur police suspected that, militants had plotted the bomb on the CM's scheduled route.
Meanwhile, tight security has been arranged on the road and Assam Rifles troops cordoned the area.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
