Manipur: Four Cadres of Banned Outfit Arrested at India-Myanmar Border

TENGNOUPAL: Four members of the banned outfit Socialist Revolution Party (SOREPA) of Kangleipak were arrested at the India-Myanmar border in Manipur's Tengnoupal district, police said on Tuesday.

They were apprehended from border pillar 79 in Pangal Basti under the Moreh Police Station limits on Monday, a senior officer said. "One smartphone with three SIM cards was recovered from their possession, and a case has been registered for further investigation," he said.

The arrested cadres of the outlawed organization have been identified as Leishangthem Somorjit Singh (34), Pebam Malemnganba Singh (18), Laishram Nelson Singh (22), and Ningthoujam Milan Meitei (25). Eight firearms were also recovered during separate search operations in Kangpokpi and Churachandpur districts, police said on Tuesday.

Notably, the arrests came a day after the SOREPA announced its boycott of India’s Republic Day celebrations on January 26 and called a 13-hour total shutdown strike across the region, including Manipur, from 4 am to 5 pm.

During a search operation at PK Park, Torbung, under the Churachandpur Police Station limits on Monday, a team of security personnel recovered five firearms and eight grenades, another officer said.

In another search operation in Maohing village under the Kangpokpi Police Station limits, three pistols and ammunition were seized, he added. These operations are being conducted regularly in violence-hit Manipur. More than 250 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence in the northeastern state since May 2023.

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