Police arrest one involved in extortion
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 18 2017:
Tengnoupal district police arrested a 27 year old youth involved in extortion by using the name of KPLF, yesterday at around 8.30 pm, from Chanvangphai ground near Moreh police station .
According to reliable source, a team of Tengnoupal district police, under the supervision of Tengnoupal SP, S Ibomcha, received information about incident of extortion by some individual using the name of KPLF at Nepali Basti, Moreh .
Acting on the information, a team of district police under the command of Moreh SDPO, Lawrence K Munlo, rushed to the spot and managed to arrest an individual identified as Seiminthang Lupheng s/o (L) Sehlal Lupheng of Canaan Veng Moreh ward number 7, from near the Chavangphai ground .
During preliminary interrogation, Seiminthang confessed that he extorted Rs 5000 by using the name of KPLF and that he is a regular drug user .
He further revealed that he had committed extortion along with one Lalminthang from Myanmar who is also a drug addict .
The arrested individual was, later, handed over to Moreh police station for taking up necessary legal action.