Manipur: Joint operations by Military, different forces result in restoration of 114 arms, explosives

Manipur: Joint operations by Military, different forces result in restoration of 114 arms, explosives

Equally, in Chandel district, a search operation resulted in restoration of 55 weapons comprising 9 12-bore Single Barrel Rifles, twelve Muzzle Loaded Rifles, one 12mm Single Bore Shotgun, one Single Barrel rifle, 32 Improvised Mortars of varied calibres, 4 IEDs, grenades, ammunition and different war-like shops.

In Senapati district, on receipt of details about the presence of arms and ammunition, the Assam Rifles, in coordination with Manipur Police launched a joint operation normally space Taphou Kuki and recovered 4 weapons comprising two bolt-action single-barrel weapons, one double-barrel gun and one 12 Bore Single Barrel Rifle.

As many as 15 weapons have been recovered by Assam Rifles and Manipur Police from Gothol areas in Churachandpur district.

Within the blended populated Jiribam district, a joint operation of Assam Rifles and Manipur police in Ankhasu village resulted in restoration of 9 improvised mortars (Pompi).

In Imphal East district, within the areas of Pourabi, Sawombung and Kalika, Indian Military and Manipur Police launched operations and recovered six weapons.

Manipur Police additionally arrested two cadres of the Kangleipak Communist Social gathering (KCP) militant outfit and recovered some arms and ammunition from them.

The Defence spokesman stated that the joint operations to get well the remaining looted arms and ammunition would proceed in each valley and hilly districts.

Police officers stated that responding to Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla’s attraction until 6 March round 1,023 arms and an enormous cache of ammunition have been surrendered by numerous organisations and people in 5 valley districts, 5 hill districts and blended populated Jiribam districts because the governor made the attraction for the primary time on 20 February.

Based on numerous stories through the ethnic riots between Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities since 3 Could 2023, greater than 6,000 various kinds of refined arms and lakhs of items of various kinds of ammunition have been looted from the police stations and outposts by the mobs and militants of each communities.

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