IMPHAL, May 28: Three cadres of the Kuki National Front (P), a signatory under the Suspension of Operations with the state and the Central government have been arrested along with arms and ammunition by 43 Assam Riffles personnel. The three were handed over to the Sekmai police station and then produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Imphal West and who remanded them to five days of Police custody.
According to the police, the cadres of the KNF (P) were arrested by the team of Assam riffles yesterday evening along National Highway number 2 on the Imphal-Dimapur road while they were coming in a Maruti Alto car (MN07-D-0748). Two Hk-33 riffles along with two magazines and 640 live rounds were recovered from their possession at the time of arrest and handed over to the Sekmai Police station yesterday around 11 pm last night.
The three KNF (P) cadres are identified as Thengkhothen Kipgen (25), son of Manglun Kipgen of New Keithelmanbi, Thangjalun Kipgen (19), son of Jamakholen Kipgen of Songjang Village Kangpokpi and Langminthang Kipgen (33), son of Lunkhai Kipgen of New Keithel Manbi.