Manipur Police shot dead a suspected militant,
Thiyam
Somokanta,
during
a
counter-insurgency
operation
at
Nagamapal
in
the
Imphal
West
district
on
April
12-night,
reports
Telegraph. One .9-mm pistol with a round of ammunition was recovered
from
his
possession.
Meanwhile, the police arrested a person, Chongtham
Nitai,
during
a
search
operation
at
his
residence
at
Tekcham
Mayai
Leikai for his involvement in the rape and murder of a widow,
Laishramongbi
Inaotombi
alias
Shantibala,
whose
dead
body
was
recovered
at
Lousipat in the Thoubal district on April 10, according to
Imphal Free Press. Another person, Nongthombam Ibomcha alias Raju, who escaped during a police raid, surrendered before
the
Yairipok
police.
Ibomcha
is
a
suspected
militant
who
was
on
bail
after
police
arrested
him
from
the
quarters
of
a
Legislator
at
Babupara
in
2007.
Separately, two People’s United Liberation
Front
(PULF)
militants,
Mohammed
Rezvi
Akbar
alias
Nanaobi and Mohammed Aboton alias
Iboton,
were
arrested
by
a
combined
team
of
Imphal
East
police
commandos,
Assam
Rifles
and
Border
Security
Force
personnel,
reports
Sangai Express.
Further, one cadre belonging to the Military
Council
faction
of
the
Kangleipak
Communist
Party
(KCP),
identified
as
Athokpam Sanju Singh, was arrested by the Imphal East police from Pukhao area on April 11. One 9-mm pistol with magazine was
recovered
from
his
possession.
One People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak
(PREPAK)
militant,
Sapam
Dewan Singh, was arrested from Leimakhong
Mapal.
He
confessed
that
he
joined
the
PREPAK
in
2007
through
one
Angamba
of
Yourabung
and
is
now
working
as
a
member
of
the
‘intelligence
wing’
collecting
and
passing
information
about
the
movement
of
security
forces.
He
also
disclosed
that
he
provided
shelter
to
PREPAK
cadres
and
engaged
in
transportation
of
arms
and
ammunition. |
