Home Minister, Lahkmen Rymbui today said that there has been no intelligence failure and that police were quick to act following the blast in Police Bazaar yesterday.
“After the attack the police was quick to act on it and even nab the culprits involved,” Rymbui said even as he informed that the government has now identified Police Bazaar and Laitumkhrah as vulnerable areas.
The Home Minister said that even though the outlawed HNLC has claimed responsibility, police are firstly looking at the culprits involved in it and a thorough investigation will follow through.
It may be mentioned that the blast is the third such incident in the capital city within six months. The first one claimed by the HNLC, struck Laitumkhrah on August 10. That daytime, weekday attack saw two people receive minor injuries.
In pursuance of that case, police raided the home of surrendered HNLC militant Cherishterfield Thangkhiew in the early hours of August 13. Thangkhiew was shot dead by police in the raid, which sparked days of unrest in Shillong.
The second incident saw a dud IED planted outside the office of the ruling National People’s Party on October 4. In an all the more glaring lapse of security, that incident occurred on the day the Vice-President of India was visiting the state capital.
