Imphal:
A day after the armed cadres of the terrorist organization Kangalip Communist Party (KCP), many weapons and large quantities of ammunition were robbed from a checkpoint of Manipur Rifles in Thubal district of the state, police personnel also recovered most of the weapons and ammunition. And also arrested and arrested an extremist, an officer said on Sunday.
A police officer said on Saturday night, about 30 armed cadres of suspected KCP, equipped with sophisticated weapons, dissolved the security layers at a police post in Kakamai in Thobal district and shook the police personnel posted to the post.
The armed group came in three vehicles and looted at least six SLRs, three AK rifles and a large cash of ammunition from the outpost.
Security personnel immediately began a search operation and detained the KCP cadre, identified as Hizam Nigthem Singh (49).
During the further syllabus of investigation and tireless search operations at various places, the Manipur police recovered three AK rifles and five SLRs on Sunday afternoon, which were out of nine looted weapons in the Nagamukhong Futhal area.
In addition, as a part of follow -up operation, security forces conducted huge comb around Ningel, Malom, Taubul and Langthel.
On the night of 08/02/2025, about 30 armed miscreants armed with sophisticated weapons violated at a police post in Kakamai under Thubal district and shook the police personnel posted in the post. Armed miscreants then 09 (nine) weapons (06 nos. SLR … pic.twitter.com/eknmbsiuh6
– Manipur Police (@Manipur_Police) 9 February, 2025
In the operation, a hideout of the KCP was provoked in the Langathel Chingkhong region and a large cash of the outer and covered documents was recovered which included 48 live rounds and ammunition, which was mixed, which mixed ammunition, There are grenades and different types of huge cash. Of ammunition.
Police also recovered a telescope, a gypsy car, five bullet-proof waste, three armor helmets and various military fatigue and other diverse items.
Various official and informal reports stated that during the ethnic riots entering Manipur on May 3, 2023, more than 6,000 different types of sophisticated weapons and millions of diverse ammunition police stations and police post by crowds, attackers and terrorists Was robbed. ,
However, a significant number of looted weapons and ammunition have been recovered so far and discovered by central and state security forces to recover the remaining weapons.
These weapons are playing a very important role in increasing violence in Manipur, in which both the Valley and the hilly areas with the village volunteers and militants in both the vast sophisticated weapons and the ammunition with both militants.
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, who resigned on Sunday, the Home Department and many other political dignitaries urged the looters on many occasions to return the police weapons and ammunition, otherwise, the appropriate officer legally legal form legal form Will take from Action.
