Explosives seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 28 2020:
A combined team of Imphal West commandos and Singjamei police arrested an over ground worker of PREPAK (Pro) along with the recovery of four Chinese hand grenades and five detonators yesterday.
According to a police source, acting on specific information about the presence of some UG members in and around Singjamei Mayengbam Leikai area, a combined team of Imphal West commandos and Singjamei police rushed to the spot and detained one Sapam Romi alias Mocha (40) s/o (L) Ibobi of Singjamei Mayengbam Leikai.
Upon interrogation, Sapam Romi disclosed that he was once arrested as a KCP (MC) member in 2012, and after that he started working for PREPAK (Pro) under the command of one Wangjam Premchand of Waikhom Leikai since October last year.Romi admitted that he, along with his commander, had planned to carry out grenade and IED attacks at the residences of contractors and businessmen.
The source continued that the combined team also recovered a mobile phone, four Chinese handgrenades and five detonators from Romi's possession.
Sapam Romi was later produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Imphal West by a team of Singjamei PS and taken into seven days police remand, till February 3 .