A scrap dealer from Bihar was killed on Sunday as a bomb planted in athe middle of a road in Imphal city area exploded, the state police said.
No one has so far claimed responsibility for the blast.
Bimal Rai was fatally hit when the powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded around 8 a.m. at Singjamei.
"A powerful bomb is suspected to have been planted in the middle of the Trans-Asian Highway number 1 early morning. It was detonated by a remote control. The scrap dealer was sitting in his shop nearby when the blast occurred," a police official at the spot said.
The state police are investigating the blast and have registered a case.
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