Security forces have arrested another individual in connection with the bomb explosion at a fuel station in Manipur’s Bishnupur district last week, police said on January 16.

The accused, a 41-year-old man, was apprehended from the Lamphel Sana Keithel area in Imphal West district on Thursday. He is believed to be an accomplice of the main accused in the case and was taken into custody on January 15, a senior police officer said.

During the arrest, security forces recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from his possession, including one SMG carbine with four loaded magazines, one 9 mm pistol, two high-explosive (HE) hand grenades, and two detonators.

Earlier, a 35-year-old cadre of the banned Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) was arrested from the Komnao Makha Leikai area in Kakching district in connection with the same incident.

According to police, a bomb was hurled at the Elidas fuel station in the Moirang Thana Leikai area on the evening of January 8. The explosion triggered the closure of all fuel stations across the valley areas of the state for three days.

Investigations into the case are ongoing.