IMPHAL: Following threat from militants, the outpatient department (OPD) of the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) here has been shut down indefinitely giving a big blow to thousands of patients. Wednesday was the second day of the closure.
Officials said a caller belonging to a faction of the underground Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) threatened a senior official of the institute to attack the hospital of if its OPD was not closed. Following this, the OPD was shut down from Tuesday afternoon. It is learnt that the diktat followed a tussle between the outfit and a top official of the institute. The sudden development also forced police commandos and India Reserve Battalion personnel to carry out a swift operation to look for any possible bombs inside the hospital complex.
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