IMPHAL, APRIL 16: The United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF) has clarified in a press release that Limminlal Mate alias Lalpu who was arrested by the Commando unit of Imphal West on April 10 at Imphal had been a KNLF member who had surrendered to the State Government in October 2011.
However due to the Government’s unfulfilled promises of providing basic rehabilitation facilities he was kept in the operational area of the UKLF with the knowledge of some government agencies particularly the Assam Rifles refusing free movement outside the UKLF’s area remaining in Sugnu area of Chandel District, it said. Therefore the charges against him for the kidnapping of a truck driver from Kotlen area and extortion of Rs 11 lakh is untrue and arresting him when he came to Imphal with his family for medical check-up on April 10 by the Police commandos in Imphal was also accidental, stated the release.