Manipur rebel chief held in Delhi: Police

The Delhi Police Friday claimed to have arrested the suspected leader of Kangleipak Communist Party (MC), a militant outfit based out of Manipur.
Ningthoujam Romen Singh, 27, was arrested from Sarai Kale Khan bus station Thursday, Special Commissioner of Police S N Srivastava said. “He is the commander-in-chief and financial secretary of KCP (MC), a faction of the banned terrorist organisation Kangleipak Communist Party,” Srivastava added.
Singh is an accused in 17 criminal cases, including one for holding to Rs 2 crore ransom government officials Budhi Chandra and Ningthembi. The officials, who were involved with the construction of Takmu water sports facility at Moirang, were rescued by the Manipur Police soon after Singh’s arrest, Srivastava said.
On Friday, Singh was produced in the a Delhi court, which sent him in three-day transit remand of the Manipur Police.
This is not the first time Singh, who joined KCP in 2007, has landed behind bars. He was arrested in 2008 for his alleged involvement in terrorism but was bailed out, and some time later, he shifted base to Agra.
In 2011, the police said, he moved to Kakarbita, Nepal, where he continued to direct kidnappings and extortion in India. Later that year, he went to Goa and in June this year, relocated back to Agra.
In October, Singh allegedly had a supervisor with the Integrated Child Development Services abducted from Bishnupur, Manipur. He later ransomed her for Rs 10 lakh.