Imphal, June 10 : In a big development, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a person currently lodged in Guwahati jail in another case, in connection with the killing of four civilians in Manipur’s Bishnupur district in January.

“Lunminsei Kipgen alias Langinmang alias Mang alias Levi, a resident of Manipur, has been formally arrested by the NIA from Central Jail, Lokhra in Guwahati on Saturday under relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Arms Act,” the NIA statement stated.

According to NIA, he is the first accused to be arrested for the gruesome killings that took place on January 18, when armed attackers had brutally murdered four civilians including a man and his son near the water treatment plant located in Ningthoukhong Kha Khunou in mixed-population Bishnupur district.

The assailants had opened indiscriminate fire from sophisticated weapons.

The NIA, which had registered the case on February 9, 2024, found during its investigation that Kipgen was actively involved in the fatal attack, which was part of the ongoing ethnic unrest and violence in the northeastern state.

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