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Guwahati, October 18: At least three girls including a minor were injured in an explosion in Manipur's Imphal city on Monday night, police said on Tuesday.
The girls injured when a hand grenade reportedly hurled by miscreants exploded near the residence of a contractor in Imphal's Tangkhul Avenue on Monday night.
Manipur police said that, the miscreants hurled the hand grenade targeting to the residence of Chelneil, who is also the president of Tangkhul Contractor's Association Ukhrul.
The injured girls were rushed to Raj Medicity hospital.
Police said that condition of one of the girls identified as Sunita Jajo was stated to be critical.
Sunita's younger sister Chuichui and another eight year-old Leiyarel sustained minor injuries.
Top police and army officials had immediately rushed to the area and launched operation to nab the miscreants behind the blast.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
