People handed over to the security forces more than 1,000 arms along with ammunition during the two-week provided to them for voluntarily surrendering looted and illegally held weapons in ethnic strife-torn Manipur, a police officer said on Friday, a day after the deadline ended.
This figure, however, is provisional and the actual number of given up arms is likely to go up after details from all districts reach the authorities in Imphal, the capital of the northeastern state which is under President’s Rule.
The officers are yet to segregate the looted arms and illegally purchased weapons, which include handguns, machine guns, grenades, mortars, and INSAS and AK-56 rifles.
