Manipur police have arrested 16 members of various banned outfits in the last 48 hours, including seven militants of the Kangleipak Communist Party (People's War Group) who were apprehended during a midnight operation in Thoubal district. The arrests come amidst ongoing security operations in the state following ethnic violence that erupted in May 2023.
"Keeping in view the sensitivity of the use of kinetic force against a large irate mob and envisaged casualties due to such action, the officer on the ground made a considerate decision to hand over all 12 cadres to the local leader. Own columns lifted the cordon and left the area with weapons and war-like stores, recovered from insurgents," it read.
Terming such 'unwarranted interference' detrimental to the timely response by security forces, the Army's Spears Corps shared a video on Twitter late on Monday of some such incidents.
Two insurgents were killed during the June 4 ambush on armymen in Chandel district of Manipur and they belonged to National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang and Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup, the state assembly was informed on Monday.
Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang has claimed responsibility for the attack.
An all-out offensive was launched to trace and eliminate the militants involved in massacre of 20 army men in Manipur on Thursday.
The Border Security Force has handed over a list of 66 camps of north-east insurgents to the Border Guard Bangladesh, seeking actions against them.
A massive combing operation was underway on Friday to track down insurgents in areas of Chandel district of Manipur where 18 army jawans were killed and 11 others injured in an ambush on Thursday.
'There is a list with the Ministry of Home Affairs that has the details and names of the terrorist organisations that attack the Indian Army.'
The army recovered the second body of an insurgent, who was injured in an ambush on an army convoy in Chandel district of Manipur on June 4, from a village close to Myanmar border.
At least 18 army personnel were killed and 11 injured on Thursday when an insurgent group ambushed their patrol in Chandel district of Manipur.
The operation in Nagaland and Manipur was carried out after the army received "credible and specific" intelligence.
Although India has sought inputs from the Myanmar army since most of those involved in Thursday's ambush would have sneaked across into Myanmar, the fresh operations would smoke out insurgents based in hideouts on the Indian side along the border.
Ahead of Sushma Swaraj's visit, Myanmarese soldiers take over Indian territory.
Manipur needs an integrated politico, military, socio-economic approach, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
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