IMPHAL, May 4 – Nine militants including those involved in the grenade attack at a government official’s residence were rounded up along with a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Manipur.
Disclosing this, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Commando unit) S Ibomcha told mediapersons here on Tuesday that all the arrested militants which include a woman cadre belonged to three different factions of the banned outfit Kangleipak Communist Party.
More than 10 KCP factions besides other armed groups operate in Manipur.
“They were arrested from different places in the last two days”, the DSP said.
One Oinam Robindro alias Romen alias Roshan of Kakwa Nameirakpam Leikai in Imphal West district, a KCP (Noyon) cadre was involved in the explosion of a hand grenade at the residence of Irrigation and Floor Control Executive Engineer Ch Ranbir of Singjamei Super Market recently in which one Havildar of Manipur Rifles was killed besides injuring another rifleman. Police commandos arrested the militant on Sunday.
Three of the five arrested KCP (KK Mangang) cadres were involved in serving ‘demand letters’ besides lobbing hand grenades at official’s residences while another was the carrier and distributor of hand grenades. All of them were arrested on Sunday.
Three more KCP (Malemnganba) cadres – all involved in serving extortion notes were also arrested.
Two 9mm pistols, two .32 pistols along with four magazines, one Chinese hand grenade, two detonators, demand letters, mobile hand sets were seized from the possesion of the arrested cadres.
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