Arson plan foiled, 22 held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 29 2023:
Indian Army arrested twenty two armed miscreants who tried to burn houses in Sanasabi, Gwaltabi and Sabungkhok Khunou in Imphal East district yesterday.
On receiving specific inputs about armed miscreants planning to burn houses in the said areas, columns of the army established multiple checkposts and conducted search operations in the areas.
While operating in the area, the Army columns were fired upon by the armed miscreants using automatic weapons.
Later, the Army apprehended the twenty two miscreants with weapons and other war-like stores, said PRO (Defence) .
The weapons seized from their possession include five 12 bore double barrel rifles, three single barrel rifles, one country made weapon with double bore and one muzzle loaded weapon.
All the twenty two miscreants alongwith the weapons have been handed over to Manipur police.
Meanwhile, in another operation yesterday, Army apprehended three persons with arms and ammunition at an area near City Convention Centre, Imphal East.
Responding to specific information about the presence of some armed miscreants in the area, the army had mobilised its troops and established multiple Mobile Vehicle Check Posts (MVCP) in the area.
At around 7.30 pm, the troops noticed a suspected passenger car approaching with four passengers.
On being challenged, the three got down from the car and attempted to flee into bylanes of the colony before they were nabbed, said the statement.
The army recovered an Insas Rifle with a magazine, sixty rounds of 5.56 mm ammunition, one Chinese hand grenade and one detonator.
The items seized and the three have been handed over to Manipur police.