Army, Assam Rifles Seize Cache of Arms in Manipur, Search On for Missing Man

Imphal, Dec 16: In a joint operation, the Indian Army and Assam Rifles, in coordination with Manipur Police and other security forces, have recovered 29 weapons, ammunition, and warlike stores from various districts of Manipur.

The seized arms include an AK-47 rifle, a sniper rifle, a Burmese-made 0.22 pistol, five Burmese-made 9 mm pistols, a Burmese-made 7.65 mm pistol, a .303 bolt-action rifle, two .303 single-bolt sniper rifles, a 9 mm Carbine Machine Gun (CMG), five factory-made 12 mm single-barrel rifles, a .22 rifle, a 12 mm shotgun, three locally made mortars, a single-barrel gun, a 5.56 mm MA 4 assault rifle, an MA-1 (MK-I) assault rifle, an air gun, grenades, and a large cache of ammunition and warlike stores.

“Army and other security forces in their operations during the past few days recovered the arms, ammunition, and warlike stores from Churachandpur, Chandel, Kangpokpi, and Imphal East districts,” said a defence spokesperson.

Meanwhile, at least 2,000 personnel of the Army and Assam Rifles have intensified search operations to locate Laishram Kamalbabu Singh, a 56-year-old Meitei man who has been missing since November 25 from Kangpokpi district.

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