New Delhi: Three improvised explosive device (IED) blasts took place in an abandoned house in Manipur’s Bishnupur district in the early hours of Monday (January 5), which resulted in two persons sustaining injuries. So far, no group has taken responsibility of the incident, reported The Tribune.Following the explosions, which took place between 5:40 am and 5:55 am, and later around 8:30 am, civil society and student organisations, including the Indigenous People Organisation Manipur (IPOM), and the All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU), Yelhoumee Kanba Lup and other groups, gave a joint call for a 24-hour total shutdown across the state. The latest explosion comes after several months of fragile peace in the strife-torn hill state.The Kuki-Zo Council (KZC) strongly condemned the incident and termed it as a serious threat to peace, public safety and communal harmony. It added that the incident amounted to violence against innocent people.The KZC also expressed concern that the explosions took place in and around a government-designated buffer zone, which has been created to prevent confrontation and protect civilian lives.The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity, which is a Meitei-dominated civil society group also condemned the incident. It said that the targetting of a civilian household under the cover of darkness reflects a disturbing and recurring pattern of impunity allegedly enjoyed by armed narco-terrorist groups operating freely in the region.The area where the blasts took place is under the security cover of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The house where the bombs were planted belongs to a local resident, who is currently staying at a relief camp. Following the initial explosion, people rushed to the spot. Both the injured persons are undergoing treatment at the Bishnupur district hospital.Security forces launched a sanitisation operation around the area to rule out the presence of additional explosive devices, reported The Tribune.