Security forces have recovered eight of the nine firearms looted from an India Reserve Battalion (IRB) outpost in Manipur’s Thoubal district, a police statement said on Monday. The firearms, including three AKs and five SLRs, were recovered during a search operation in Ngamukhong foothills in the district and a hideout of banned outfit Kangleipak Communist Party was also busted in another subsequent operation, it said.
“The operations were launched after around 30 armed miscreants equipped with sophisticated weapons, breached one police (IRB) outpost at Kakmayai in Thoubal district (on Saturday night) and overpowered the police personnel deployed at the post,” the police statement said.
