Nine militants held in Manipur-OxBig News Network

Security forces arrested nine militants from Manipur’s Imphal West and Tengnoupal districts, police said on Tuesday. Two militants of the banned outfit Kangleipak Communist Party (Apunba) were apprehended from Rupmahal Tank area in Imphal West district on Monday, police said.

They were involved in extortion activities in the Rupmahal Tank area.

In another operation, security forces on Sunday arrested two militants belonging to the banned outfits United National Liberation Front (Koireng) and PREPAK from boundary pillar 85 in Tengnoupal district.