India, Sept. 30 -- A 48-year-old person was arrested by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) for his involvement in the Tronglaobi Awang Leikai, Bishnupur district bomb blast attack which left two minors dead.

Unknown armed assailants carried out the attack on April 7 this year at a residential house in Tronglaobi Awang Leikai, Bishnupur district, Manipur. A five-year-old boy and his six-month-old sister died while their mother sustained splinter injuries.

The NIA in its statement stated that Thangmang Haokip, aged about 48 years, of Churachandpur, Manipur is the "second accused to be arrested in the case, after S. Palal Thadou Kuki, arrested on August 12, 2026, who is presently in judicial custody."

The statement stated that a case...