Manipur: Bank manager receives parcel bomb in gift box at Moreh

Imphal: A manager of Axis Bank of Moreh branch in Tengnoupal district on Thursday received an unexpected – and extremely dangerous – gift: a hand grenade neatly packed in a gift box.

As per a local news report, an unknown person handed over the gift box to one of the employees of the bank around 7 am to give to the bank manager. Without knowing what’s in the box, the employee handed over the box to the bank manager, it said.

However, when the manager opened the box, a hand grenade was found inside the box. An alarmed bank staff immediately called the Moreh police station and, later, a police team retrieved the explosive device from the bank branch, the local report said.