Assam Rifles recover cache of arms, ammunition
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 24 2015 :
A team of 25 Assam Rifles busted a hideout of KNF (N) and seized a cache of arms and ammunition and incriminating documents in Haiken village under Sapermeina Police Station in Senapati district on April 22 .
Police sources informed on Friday that one 4 mm lethod gun, one .22 rifle with two magazines, two live rounds, one Chinese hand grenade, 22 rounds of AK-47 rifle, one round of 9 mm pistol, some demand letters of KNF (N) and combat fatigues were recovered by the Assam Rifles team during the search operation.
In another incident, a team of 12 Bihar Regiment nabbed one cadre of the banned PREPAK during a search conducted in Sekmaijin Mayai Leikai of Imphal West this morning.
The arrested PREPAK cadre was identified as Heikrujam Dashu alias Chinglen (20), a resident of Komlakhong Mamang Leikai in Imphal West, according to police reports.
In yet another incident, a team of 8 Assam Rifles recovered a bomb believed to be a World War II left over in Salam Panthong area of Imphal West.
A bomb expert team from Manipur Police later defused the bomb.