Manipur Police arrested three militants of two different banned organizations involved in extortion in East and West Imphal districts. According to the official statement issued by the state police on Sunday, the three accused were arrested on Saturday. Police arrested two active cadres of the United National Liberation Front (Koireng) from Wangkhei Ayangpalli in East Imphal district. A pistol and two magazines filled with 16 live rounds were recovered from them. Meanwhile, a cadre of Kangleipak Communist Party (Nongdrenkhomba) was caught from his house in Khagempalli Pankha Nganapi Thong Mamang of Imphal West district on Saturday. According to the police, to curb such activities, security forces are conducting search operations in the outer and weak areas of the districts.
