Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 17 2009:
A combined team of Thoubal District Police Commandos and personnel of 21 Assam Rifles arrested two women cadres of PLA from Wabagai Thingel Leikai Dam Makhong during a search operation conducted in and around Wabagai area at around 1.30 pm yesterday.
Identifying the arrested women cadres as Soraisam Rose Chanu alias Rani (19) d/o Soraisam Thoiba Singh of Huikap Mayai Leikai and Huidrom Ibetombi Devi (29) d/o late Huidrom Kulla Singh of Thiyam Leishangkhong, Senior SP of Thoubal District Clay Khongsai in a statement informed that on questioning Rose disclosed that she joined PLA in February 2007 through one Meitei of Uchon and got military training in the same year at Myanmar and given her Army number as 3287 .
She is now working in the women wing, division number 1 of the outfit along with her associate Huidrom Ibetombi Devi.
Personnel of Bishnupur district police commando and 4/8 Gorkha Rifles have arrested a cadre of the KCP-MC (Lamyanba Khuman) and a lady member of the PLA outfit from different places.
According to a district police source, a combined team of Bishnupur police commandos and GR troops launched cordon and search operation at around 4 am today during
which the KCP-MC cadre identified as Laishram Shyamchandra alias Shyam alias Bishorjit (31) s/o L shamungou of Ngaikhong Khunou was apprehended.
Shyamchandra is informed to have been a key member of the banned outfit who indulged in extortions from the Government officials and businesspersons in Bishnupur and Imphal West district areas.
A Baretto pistol of 9 mm calibre with three rounds have been recovered from the captive.
identifying the arrested lady cadre of RPF/PLA organisation as one Oinam Balbati Devi alias Inaobi alias Bal (26) d/o O Ibobi of oinam Awang Maning, the police source said she was apprehended by another joint team of the security forces from Keinou area where a search operation was also launched yesterday afternoon.
Balbati worked under the command of one Angou alias Chingkhu and had been involved in extortion activities, the source added.