Counterinsurgency operations continue in Manipur, 10 militants arrested

Imphal: With ten militants of various banned outfits arrested during the past 24 hours, joint central and state forces intensified their counterinsurgency operation to nab the armed extremists.

A senior police official said the ten militants arrested in six districts – Imphal West, Imphal East, Bishnupur, Kakching, Tengnoupal and Tamenglong — belong to Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

Out of ten militants, one each active cadre of PREPAK and PLA outfits was arrested from the Tengnoupal district, which shares an unfenced border with Myanmar.

Various materials, including mobile handsets, various documents, some arms and ammunition and huge Indian currencies were recovered from the possession of the arrested militants. The police official said that joint teams of Manipur Police, Army, Assam Rifles, Border Security Force (BSF), the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) continued their search and counter-insurgency operations both in valley and mountainous regions. (IANS)

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