Imphal, Mar 10: In a crackdown on militant activity, Manipur Police arrested twelve militants from various underground groups in different areas of the state.
Police recovered a four-wheeler, 12 mobile phones, several incriminating documents, and demand letters from their possession.
The arrested individuals include suspected members of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party-People’s War (KCP-PWG), People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak-Progressive (PREPAK-Pro), United People’s Party of Kangleipak (UPPK), Kanglei Yaol Kanna Lup (KYKL), and National Revolutionary Front of Manipur (NRFM).
Following the imposition of President’s Rule in Manipur, these arrests mark the highest in a single day.
The police made the arrests from different parts of the strife-ridden state over the past 24 hours.
According to police, the militants were involved in transporting arms and ammunition and extorting money from the general public, private firms, and government officials through illegal activities.
“Their age ranges from 22 to 39 years. Among those arrested, five were from PREPAK-Pro, three from UPPK, two from KCP (PWG), and one each from KYKL and NRFM,” a police official said.
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