IMPHAL, November 23: Huge arms and ammunition seized by the Imphal east district CDO along with the arrested couple of Prepak cardre, were today displayed before the media persons at Imphal East SP office chamber at around 11.30 am.
Speaking to the media persons SP Angam Kamei said that on November 21 at around 1.00pm a team of Imphal East CDO arrested women Prepak cadre, Laishram (o) Rasheshowri Devi , wife of L Iton singh of Yourabung Khonou along with one .32 pistol with magazine and two live round from the residence
Later, her husband was also arrested by the CDO team from Yourabung bus waiting shed at around 1:20 pm, on same day along with one AK 56 rifle and magazine with five live rounds and one Nokia mobile handset.
Subsequently, an FIR against the two has been lodged under FIR no. 155(11)2012 at Lamlai police station
Further interrogation of Iton revealed that huge arms and ammunition were buried in homestead garden of W Ibomcha of Sawombung Thongkhong Makha Leikai which was later picked up by the police team.
The recovered items were the parts of AK rifle. The parts are 8 number of receiver cover,7 number of rotation bolt, 7 number of piston groove, 6 number of gas cylinder, 12 number of returning spring and 6 number of cleaning rod Other item recovered were the 5 number of AK Magazine, 4 numbers of kenwood set, 1 and half kilograms of explosive and 80 number of live round of AK ammunitions
According to the police, L Iton stated that he had joined the KCP since 1994-1995 and later joined Prepak in 2004 and remaining there till date and that he was also involved in extortion of money from the general public, private firms’ and had transported arms and ammunitions.