Six members of proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (Ibungo Ngangom) were apprehended from Koutruk Makha Leikai Church in Imphal West on Friday. Two members of G5 Organisation were apprehended for allegedly being involved in extortion from sand-laden trucks. Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla appealed to the people to surrender illegal arms and ammunition. More than 250 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence between Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and adjoining hills-based Kuki-Zo groups since May two years ago. The Manipur Police along with central forces have been conducting search operations after ethnic violence broke out in the state in May 2023. At least two firearms and ammunition were handed over to the administrations in Kakching and Kangpokpi districts. Security forces recovered two improvised explosive devices weighing 22 kg with detonators, one 7-kg IED, one bomb of 6 kg with detonatedators and one 4 kg bomb.
