Vigil up along Imphal-Moreh to check cash flow to UG
Source: Hueiyen News Service / UNA

Imphal, November 28 2012: Following the arrest of two persons allegedly engaged for delivering UG extorted money from Imphal to Moreh, police have stepped up vigil along Imphal-Moreh stretch of the National Highway 2 to check carrying of huge amount of money by the passengers and travel agencies.

An official source on Wednesday said that activists of different UG outfits engaged in delivering huge amount of extorted money to UG leaders across the Myanmar were arrested by State Police Commandos from Imphal area recently.

Of the two, one is a rifleman of Manipur Rifles.

The commandos have charged him to be working for PREPAK and he was arrested while trying to send an amount of Rs 5 lakh to a commander of the outfit staying in Myanmar.

The rifleman identified as Nameirakpam Hemen Meitei (45) of Bashikhong Mamang Leikai was arrested by a team of police commandos attached with Imphal West district from Thangal Bazar on November 24 last and handed over to the City police with Rs 5 lakh which was seized from his possession.

Hemen is a personnel in E-coy of 8th Manipur Rifles.

His rifleman no.is 1194268 and he is currently posted at Leikhun in Chandel district.

During spot verification, Hemen admitted that he works under one Babu of PREPAK who stays in Myanmar and he was sending the amount to someone at Moreh for onward handing over to Babu.

Furthermore, Hemen disclosed that the amount seized from him had been extorted from different government departments, businessmen and government employees.

After producing him in the court of Imphal West district magistrate, Hemen has been now remanded to judicial custody.

The other person, identified as Thongam Debendra Singh alias Tayaima (53) of Thongju Part-II under Imphal West district was picked up by a team of Imphal West police commandos from his own house on November 25.He has been charged with delivering extorted money to RPF/PLA leaders in Moreh town.

During interrogation, it was known that Debendra used to send the amount extorted to one Self Styled Major Bikon working in the finance section of the outfit.

He had recently sent Rs 2,85,000 and Rs 2,50,000 to Bikon after the amount was handed over to him by one PLA cadre identified as Naton.

Before this, Debendra had visited Moreh and handed over Rs 9 lakh to Bikon, police alleged.

However, in a statement dispatch to media houses in Imphal yesterday, RPF denied that Debendra is an activist of the outfit.

The statement clarified that Debendra has no link with the outfit in any way.

Following the arrest of these two middlemen, police have intensified vigil along Imphal-Moreh road to check carrying of cash by travel agencies and passengers, the official source added.

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