Imphal, May 12 (IANS) Security forces have arrested eight militants, including two top extremist leaders, belonging to banned outfits in Manipur and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, officials said on Tuesday. A police official said that the eight extremists include a self-styled Commander-in-Chief of the Zogam Liberation Front (ZLF), identified as Vincent Pumjamang Taithul (40) and a self-styled advisor of the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), Khumbongmayum Ananda Meitei alias Lamphel a…
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Imphal, May 7 (IANS) Security forces have arrested six militants, including a top extremist leader and a woman cadre, in Manipur and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition, officials said on Thursday. A police official stated that the six rebels include a self-styled lieutenant of the United Kuki National Army (UKNA), identified as Seimenial Haokip (22), who was arrested from various districts, including Churachandpur, Imphal West, and Imphal East.The five other militants, including the …
Imphal, May 6 (IANS) Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla has emphasised that true strength lies in the judicious and restrained use of force, noting that the conduct of security personnel has strengthened public confidence in the state.Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh also acknowledged the crucial role played by the security forces in maintaining law and order and restoring peace and normalcy in Manipur.Both the Governor and the Chief Minister attended the Investiture Ceremony for the Govern…
Imphal, May 2 (IANS) The Manipur Police intercepted four vehicles along the India-Myanmar border for illegally transporting 25 containers of petrol and diesel, and arrested the drivers, officials said on Saturday. A senior police official said that the fuel was suspected to be intended for smuggling into neighbouring Myanmar. According to the official, the four vehicles were carrying the petrol and diesel illegally towards Moreh in Tengnoupal district, which shares an unfenced border with Myanma…
New Delhi/Imphal, April 30 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested a prime accused in the 2023 killing of a Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) during an ambush by suspected Kuki militants in Manipur, officials said. The accused, Otkhothang Baite alias Othang Baite, a resident of Moreh in Tengnoupal district, was allegedly involved in the conspiracy behind the attack carried out by members of a suspected Kuki militant group. According to NIA sources, the ambush targe…
Imphal, April 29 (IANS) Security forces have arrested two drug peddlers from Punjab and Uttar Pradesh and seized 51 kilograms of opium valued at over Rs three crore in Manipur, officials said on Wednesday, dismantling an inter-state trafficking module linked to Myanmar. A police official stated that security personnel intercepted a truck carrying contraband opium at Leingangpokpi village in Jiribam district along the Imphal-Jiribam National Highway (NH-37). The occupants of the vehicle were appr…
Imphal, April 28 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau, in close coordination with the Assam Rifles and state police, has arrested two drug peddlers and seized 4.267 kilograms of heroin worth Rs 8.5 crore in Manipur, dismantling a trafficking module linked to Myanmar, officials said on Tuesday. The joint operation, carried out on Tuesday, led to the recovery of 374 soap cases containing heroin, weighing approximately 4.267 kg and valued at Rs 8.5 crore in the international market, an official c…
Imphal, April 22 (IANS) Security forces in Manipur have recovered sophisticated arms and ammunition along the India-Myanmar border and, in a separate operation, dismantled six illegal bunkers in the mountainous Kangpokpi district, officials said on Wednesday. A senior police official stated that the recoveries were made from the India-Myanmar border region under the Moreh police station in Tengnoupal district.The seized items include one AK-47 rifle with a magazine, one carbine with a maga…
Imphal, April 18 (IANS) With an improvement in the law and order situation, the Manipur government on Saturday revoked the suspension of mobile internet and data services, including broadband, across five Imphal Valley districts, officials said. The suspension of mobile internet and data services was initially imposed for three days, hours after a deadly bomb attack in Bishnupur district on April 7. The attack, allegedly carried out by suspected Kuki militants, claimed the lives of two childr…
Imphal, April 16 (IANS) The Indian Army, in a joint operation with other security agencies, destroyed ten illegally set up bunkers and firing positions in Manipur’s Jalenbung Hills and Thoyee Heights, officials said on Thursday. Defence spokesman Lt Col Mahendra Rawat stated that, as part of ongoing operations along the Imphal-Dimapur National Highway (NH-2), joint security forces led by the Army’s Red Shield Division launched coordinated area domination patrols in the Jalenbung Hills and…