IMPHAL, Jan 13: As part of the security measure taken up by the state security forces ahead of the Republic Day celebration, personnel of the Imphal West District Police commandos and the 5th Indian Reserved Battalion conducted a search operation at Singjamei area this morning.
The search operation was conducted under the supervision of Dy SP commando (operations) Imphal West S Ibomcha along with personnel of the 5th Indian Reserved Battalion and Singjamei police from 5.30 am to 7 am.
The search operation was conducted from Singjamei Leishangthem Leikai to Singjamei Sapam Leirak.
All those between the age group of 18-50 years were called out of their houses and queued up at the Leishangthem Leikai Community Hall for individual verification and identification.
Around 10 individuals were detained by the police for their failure to produce proper verification handed over to the Singjamei Police for further verification.