Imphal, 7 April

Two children were killed and their mother was injured in a bomb attack in Manipur's Bishnupur district on Tuesday, triggering protests, police said.

Reacting strongly to the killing of two children in a bomb blast in Manipur's Bishnupur, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take concrete and immediate steps in the northeastern state before the situation gets out of control.

"Prime Minister ji, Manipur is not just a state; it is a responsibility. Giving a mere statement for the sake of it is not enough; a mere showy visit is not enough.

 The incident occurred at around 1 am when a bomb was hurled by suspected militants at a house in the Moirang Tronglaobi area, killing a 5-year-old boy and a six-month-old girl, a senior officer said.

Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh described the attack as a "barbaric act" and assured people that those responsible would be dealt with firmly.

 The two children and their mother were sleeping in their bedroom when the bomb exploded in the house, the police officer said.

 Locals staged a protest this morning and torched two oil tankers and a truck near a petrol pump in the area. They burnt tyres in front of the Moirang Police Station and destroyed a makeshift police outpost.

Security forces have been deployed in the area to control the situation, the officer said.

People also burnt tyres in different parts of Imphal to protest the killing of the two minors.

 The CM visited a private hospital in Imphal, where the injured mother of the two dead kids was being treated.

 At least four people were injured in a firing when a mob stormed a security forces camp in Manipur's Bishnupur district on Tuesday, officials said.

The firing occurred after a large number of protesters stormed a Central police camp, located 200 metres from Tronglaobi, and vandalised it, they said. Protesters also set several vehicles parked inside the camp on fire.