Imphal, Jan 17: Six suspected members of radical Meitei group Arambai Tenggol were arrested in connection with the death of a person in Manipur’s Thoubal district, police said on Thursday.
One Md Nawash was kidnapped from his house on Tuesday for ransom by suspected members of the group, they said.
He was later taken to the Thoubal district hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, they added.
Those arrested were identified as Sagolsem Chingkheinganba Singh (25), Chingakham Sanatomba Singh (19), Sapam Somorjit Singh (32), Maibam Bokenjit Singh (24), Athokpam Jiban Singh (30) and Chingakham Mani Singh (41).
The Arambai Tenggol claimed in a statement that its Unit 2 Andro branch members were not involved in the incident, “abduction of drug users in which one died”.
It claimed that the group rounded up those involved in the incident and handed them to the police.
2 KCP members arrested in Manipur
Meanwhile, two members of the proscribed KCP (PWG) were arrested in Manipur’s Imphal West district, police said on Thursday.
Khangembam Sanaton Singh (51) and Thokchom Tiken Singh (43) were arrested from Uripok Mayai Leikai near Machang Bakery, they said.
The duo was accused of extorting shop owners and small businesses, they added.
Four mobile phones were seized from them, police said.
Meanwhile, a huge cache of arms and ammunition was found in the Bishnupur and Thoubal districts.
From the adjoining area of Aigejang and Leimaram Uyok Ching in Bishnupur’s Nambol, a 51 mm mortar tube launcher, an SLR with magazine, a sniper rifle, three 40 mm lathode shell, four 36 grenades, a smoke bomb and two wireless sets were among the items seized on Wednesday, police said.
In the Nongpok Sekmai police station area in Thoubal district, security forces seized a 9mm CMG magazine, four 36 grenades, 27 live rounds of ammunition, three tear smoke shells and three radio sets, among others. (PTI)
