Five Militants from Banned Outfit Nabbed in Manipur

Five members of the Kangleipak Communist Party (Nongdrenkhomba) militant group were arrested in Manipur's Kakching district. The militants were planning to abduct someone for ransom in the Kakching Khunou area. Weapons and camouflage gear were seized. An investigation is ongoing.

Five members of the banned militant outfit Kangleipak Communist Party (Nongdrenkhomba) were nabbed in Manipur's Kakching district on Sunday, police said.

The militants were apprehended in Kakching Khunou area where they had come to abduct a person for ransom.

The arrested persons were identified as Soibam Lanchanba Meitei (25), Soibam Manoj Singh (27), Heisnam Dipak Meitei (39), Nameirakpam Nelson Singh (20) and Nongthombam Leishemba (23), a police statement said.

Two pistols with cartridges, three camouflage uniforms and a four-wheeler without number plates were seized, it said, adding further investigation is underway.