In a significant crackdown on insurgency, Manipur Police announced the arrest of three insurgents from Shantong near Lamlong Village, Tengnoupal District, on Friday. The apprehended individuals have been identified as Thiyam Lukhoi Luwang (21) and Keisham Premchand Singh (24) from the KYKL Group, and Inaobi Khundrakpam (20) from the KCP Noyon Group.
The arrests were the result of comprehensive search operations and area domination exercises conducted by security forces across the hill and valley districts’ vulnerable fringes. These operations led to the recovery of a substantial cache of weapons and explosives from the foothills of the Gangpijang Hill Ranges in Kangpokpi District on June 16.
The recovered arsenal includes:
One 7.62mm AK-56 assault rifle
One .22 rifle
A 12-inch single-bore barrel gun
Two improvised projectile launchers
A Chinese hand grenade
A country-made hand grenade
A 51mm mortar
15 rounds of live ammunition
This development comes shortly after Union Home Minister Amit Shah conducted a thorough review of the security situation in Manipur during a high-level meeting in the national capital. Shah emphasized the strategic deployment of central forces to restore peace and ensure that no further incidents of violence occur in the north-eastern state.
