IMPHAL, Oct 6: Three militants were arrested in separate operations in Manipur, police said on Monday.
A cadre of the banned Peoples’ Liberation Army was arrested from the Keirenphabi Maning Leikai area in the Bishnupur district. Khumukcham Biren Meitei (40) was accused of extorting shopkeepers, schools and colleges, they said.
Another self-styled lieutenant of the outfit was arrested from the Ningthoukhong area of the district on Saturday. Khangembam Manglemba Singh (46) monitored the movement of security personnel and shared the information with members of his outfit, they added.
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PLA mainly operates from its camps in neighbouring Myanmar. The outfit was involved in the ambush on an Assam Rifles convoy on September 19 at Nambol Sabal Leikai, in which two personnel were killed.
Meanwhile, a member of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (PWG) was arrested from Naoremthong in Imphal West district on Sunday.
He was identified as Rajkumar Sanathoi Singh (18), and accused of extorting businesses in the Valley area. A .32 pistol was recovered from him, police said. (PTI)
