Kanglaonline reports that Security Forces
(SFs) arrested one People’s Revolutionary
Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK)
cadre, identified as Yumnam Kanhai Meetei
alias Kiran Kumar alias Nanao,
from the house of Konthoujam Jateshor Singh
of Lamphel Awang Khunou in Imphal West District
at around 5:10am on April 17, a Police statement
said. Kanhai Meetei disclosed that he joined
PREPAK in the year 2010 under the command
of ‘Sergeant Major’ Sanjoy Singh. Further
he disclosed that he was earlier arrested
by Imphal East commandos in the month of December
2011. After release on bail, he again joined
the group. According to his statement he began
working for CorCom (Coordination Committee
of seven valley based militant group), under
one Abujam Lamphel alias Puremba
of Changangei, ‘Second Lieutenant’ of United
National Liberation Front (UNLF), in recruiting
youths for militant groups. It has also stated
that recently they recruited one Aheibam Johnson
(16) and handed over to a group for basic
training. On follow up action, Abujam Lamphel
Singh was also arrested on the same day at
about 6.20am from his residence.
Meanwhile, SFs arrested one Kanglei Yawol
Kanna Lup (KYKL)
cadre, identified as Laishram Bobo alias
Suresh Meitei, from Khurai Lamlong in
Imphal East District on April 16 at around
9:45am.
Elsewhere in the District, SFs arrested a
PREPAK cadre, identified as Laishram Nanao
alias Biken Singh, from Nongada Thongkhong
on April 15.
The Sangai Express reports that three
teenage boys are suspected to have been taken
away by militant groups for recruitment. It
is reported that three boys who went out from
their homes in the morning of April 7 went
missing since the day from Sairem village
under Lamsang Police Station of Imphal West
District. Sources identified the missing boys
as Chanam Ajoynao alias Shantikumar
(15), Sorai-sham Naothoibi (15) and Sapam
Suran (15). Speaking to media persons on April
17, mothers of the three missing boys pleaded
that their sons be returned to them if they
were taken away by any militant group.
Separately, Arnold alias Bekkon, ‘captain’
of People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
was sent to Guwahati Central Jail (Assam)
on April 17, reports Kanglaonline.
Arnold was arrested by National Investigation
Agency (NIA) on April 2, 2012, from Siliguri
in West Bengal and had been under the custody
of the investigating agency since then. However,
PLA had claimed that Arnold was a deserter. |
