Imphal: Police commandos today launched a massive manhunt at Singjamei Sapam Leikai area in Imphal West district of Manipur following the movement of ultras, official sources said.
Sources said security and police commandos checked all the menfolk after calling them out from their homes and searched every house since 4 am.
Five persons were rounded up and detained at Singjamei police station but they were freed after verification, sources said.
The state police headquarters have instructed all the police stations particularly in the four valley districts of Imphal east, Imphal west, Bishenpur and Thoubal to check all passers by and leikais (localities) in their jurisdiction and to launch random operation to detect movement of ultras.
Militants have been planting grenades or bombs and exploding them at many places in the past four weeks in the run-up to the assembly polls, sources said.
Elections to the10th Manipur assembly was held on January 28 amidst boycott call by different militant factions during which about 80 percent of 17 lakh voters exercised their franchise to elect 60 representatives.
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