Imphal: Security forces arrested six insurgents affiliated with two underground organisations in the Manipur Valley during separate operations over the past 48 hours and recovered arms, ammunition, a car, and communication equipment from them, officials said on Saturday.
The arrested were involved in extorting money from schools, brick farms, hospitals, and pharmacies in various areas of Imphal.
Three active cadres of the banned Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF), the armed wing of the banned People’s Liberation Army (PLA), were arrested from Keishampat Thouda Bhabok Leikai under the Imphal police station in Imphal West district.
Those arrested include Maibam Vishal, also known as Thoithoiba, 26, from Yingangpokpi Awang Leikai, Imphal East district; Soyam Bungo Meitei, 40, from Thamnapokpi Makha Leikai, Imphal East district; and Nongthongbam Sanajaoba Singh, 40, of Pukhao Naharup Makha Leikai in Imphal East district were arrested. They were involved in extorting money from people.
Items recovered from them included a .32 pistol loaded with six live rounds, a mobile phone, a Maruti 800 four-wheeler, and documents related to the RPF/PLA Finance Department.
In a separate operation, three volunteers of the banned People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) were arrested. Laishram Kiran Meitei, 36, also known as Kirankumar, Romen, or Angamba, of Moirangkhunou Makha Leikai in Bishnupur district, was arrested from his home.
Pukhrambam Diamond Singh, 33, of Bishnupur Awang Leikai (Ward No. 1) in Bishnupur district was apprehended from the Tera Urak Crossing checkpoint under the Bishnupur police station.
In the last operation, Bidyasagar Ngangom, 19, a resident of Kwakeithel Kongjeng Leikai in Imphal West district, who was associated with the illegal PREPAK, was apprehended from Kongpal Iranpham Thong area under the Porompat police station in Imphal East district.
