IMPHAL, June 1: Troops of Jwalamukhi Battalion under the aegis of Senapati Brigade of Red Shield Division in a major breakthrough succeeded in apprehending three active cadres of underground group of KCP (Porei Meitei) in an operation carried out on May 30, said PIB Defence in a press release.
Based on specific inputs regarding presence of a suspected underground cadre of KCP (Porei-Meitei) near Pheidinga, Imphal West district, an operation was launched by troops of Jwalamukhi Battalion along with Imphal West Commandos.
It said on seeing the presence of troops near Phadinga-Leimakhong axis, one individual tried to skirt the Mobile Vehicle Check Post (MVCP) put up by security forces. The individual was apprehended on the spot.
On questioning, the individual identified himself as Laipharkpham Chaoba Singh alias Naoba/Sikinib/Ravi, 28, son of Sanatomba Singh of Bashikhong Panthoibi Lampak, Imphal East district.
He confessed of being an operational Commander of KCP (Porei-Meitei) for Imphal East and West, Bishnupur and Thoubal districts and working with the organization since 2013.
He also confessed of being involved in shooting incidence at a restaurant in Wangoi in 2014 and lobbing of grenade at the house of PWD Contractor Rameshwar, located opposite Manipur University in Nov 2015.
On further questioning he revealed that Porei Meitei alias Rocky, Chief-in-Command of the insurgent group tasked him to lob grenade on state Congress Bhawan and BJP HQs at Imphal. On his indication, two live Chinese Hand Grenades were recovered from his house at Basikhong Panthoibi Lampak, Imphal East district. One Hero CBZ Bike and extortion notes were also recovered from the individual, according to the release.
On his information, two more insurgents of KCP (Porei-Meitei) were apprehended from Wangoi and Kanglatongbi respectively. They were identified as Bhim alias Inao son of Sharad, 28 of Wangoi, Imphal West district working with KCP (Porei – Meitei) since 2014 and Tek Bahadur Niroula son of Late Ganga Singh, 44 of Kanglatongbi, Imphal West district working with KCP (Porei – Meitei) since 2013, the release said.