Imphal, July 26 (IANS) The security forces in Manipur have arrested five hardcore militants belonging to different insurgent outfits, recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, and apprehended two drug peddlers during separate operations conducted across the state in the past 24 hours, police officials said on Sunday. A senior police official said that the five arrested militants belong to the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) and the United National Liberation Fron…
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Imphal, July 25 (IANS) A 56-year-old woman was arrested by the Manipur Police in Churachandpur district for allegedly routing a huge amount of money to suspected beneficiaries of the illegal drug trade in Myanmar, officials said on Saturday. In a separate development, Director General of Police (DGP) Mukesh Singh, accompanied by the Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), visited the India-Myanmar border in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district and reviewed security preparedness, policing…
Imphal, July 23 (IANS) Security forces in Manipur have arrested five alleged drug peddlers, including a suspected key narcotics supplier and a woman, in separate anti-drug operations, while seizing substantial quantities of Myanmar-origin opium and brown sugar, officials said on Thursday. A police official said that during a raid, a joint team of the Manipur Police and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested Nengjatuan alias Tuanpi from a hotel in Churachandpur district, which shares a bord…
Imphal, July 21 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Tuesday said that the state had enjoyed peace and communal harmony before the ethnic violence erupted on May 3, 2023, with people living together peacefully in both the valley and hill regions. He said the strife fuelled gun culture in Manipur.Addressing a ‘Homecoming Ceremony’ organised for the surrender of militants at the Mantripukhri Garrison, the headquarters of Assam Rifles (South) in Imphal East district, the Chief Mi…
Imphal, July 21 (IANS) In a major boost to the peace process in Manipur, 46 active cadres of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (People’s War Group) (KCP-PWG) on Tuesday surrendered before Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh and laid down a large cache of arms and ammunition, officials said. Defence spokesman Lt Col Amit Shukla said that, in a major security breakthrough poised to usher in a stable, development-oriented era, a profound turnaround has been achieved in Manipur.In all, 4…
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) A major breakthrough was achieved in Manipur, with 46 active cadres of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (People’s War Group) surrendering before Chief Minister Y. Khemchand Singh on Tuesday. The event took place at the Mantripukhri Garrison of the Assam Rifles (South) in Imphal East District. It is being treated as a major security development, poised to usher in a stable and development-oriented era for the state that has been gripped by ethnic violence for ov…
Imphal, July 18 (IANS) A joint team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Manipur Police on Saturday arrested two more accused from Manipur’s Kangpokpi district for their alleged involvement in the abduction and killing of six Naga civilians, police said. A senior police official said the latest arrests have taken the total number of accused apprehended in the case to four. All four are alleged to have been involved in the abduction and murder of s…
Imphal, July 16 (IANS) Manipur Police has initiated the process of introducing the e-Office system across the state to enhance efficiency, transparency, accountability and paperless functioning within the organisation, officials said on Thursday.A senior police official said the e-Office system is being introduced with the objective of creating a simplified, responsive, effective, accountable and transparent work environment across the police organisation and all its official establishments by t…
Imphal, July 15 (IANS) An unruly mob attacked an Assam Rifles camp in Manipur’s Senapati town, resorting to stone-pelting, arson and vandalism in an apparent attempt to obstruct a security operation against armed militants, officials said on Wednesday. The mob vandalised and damaged several Assam Rifles vehicles during the violence. One light vehicle was set ablaze, while two trucks were overturned and extensively damaged. A civilian car was also reportedly torched in the incident.A defence spok…
Imphal, July 14 (IANS) The security forces in Manipur have recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition, arrested a dreaded militant of the outlawed PREPAK outfit, and seized around 50 kg of suspected opium worth over Rs 3 crore in separate operations, officials said on Tuesday. A senior police official said that a joint team of the Manipur Police and the 19 Garhwal Rifles, during a search operation on Tuesday, recovered a large cache of arms, explosives and war-like stores from the forest area…