Manipur: Militant Group KCP Hideout Busted, Looted Arms And Ammunition
First Published: 10th February, 2025 9:22 IST
The police also recovered a binocular, one Gypsy car, five bullet-proof vests, three armour helmets and various military fatigues and other miscellaneous items.
A day after armed militants from the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) looted weapons from a Manipur Rifles outpost in Thoubal district, police successfully recovered most of the stolen arms and ammunition and arrested an extremist on Sunday.
According to police sources, around 30 armed militants stormed a police outpost in Kakmayai under Thoubal District and overpowered the police personnel deployed at the post on Saturday night.
The armed miscreants then looted 9 (nine) arms (06 nos. of SLR and 3 nos. of AK) from the said outpost and escaped.
However, the security personnel fought and could detain one of the miscreants namely Hijam Ningthem Singh (49) of Moirangpurel Mamang Leikai, who was later identified as a member of KCP.
Following the incident, security forces launched an extensive search operation and detained a KCP member, identified as 49-year-old Hijam Ningthem Singh. Acting on the information gathered during the investigation, police recovered five SLRs and three AK rifles from the Ngamukhong foothill area on Sunday afternoon.
Further, as a part of follow-up operations, security forces conducted huge combing operations around Ningel, Malom, Toubul and Langathel.
In the operation, one hideout of KCP was busted at Langathel Chingkhong area and recovered a large cache of ammunition and incriminating documents which included 48 live rounds of Insas and AK ammunition, 25 empty cases of assorted ammunition, grenades, and huge cache of different types of ammunition.
The police also recovered a binocular, one Gypsy car, five bullet-proof vests, three armour helmets and various military fatigues, and other miscellaneous items.
Manipur has been facing serious challenges due to the widespread looting of arms during the ethnic unrest that began on May 3, 2023. Reports indicate that more than 6,000 sophisticated weapons and lakhs of rounds of ammunition were stolen from various police stations and outposts across the state.
These stolen weapons have significantly contributed to the ongoing violence, with militants and village volunteers in both valley and hill areas heavily armed. Efforts to recover the looted arms are ongoing, with both state and central security forces conducting large-scale combing operations.
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