Overview
- Forty-six active cadres of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (People’s War Group) surrendered at the Mantripukhri Garrison and handed over 28 firearms during a “homecoming” ceremony on Tuesday.
- Authorities recorded a large cache of war‑like stores including grenades, nine RPG shells, seven IEDs weighing about 15 kg, detonators, magazines and roughly 342 rounds of ammunition.
- The surrendered cadres will enter the Revised Scheme for Surrender‑cum‑Rehabilitation (2018), which provides a one‑time Rs 4 lakh grant held as a three‑year fixed deposit and a monthly stipend of Rs 6,000 during rehabilitation.
- Officials and the Army said months of targeted outreach and multi‑agency coordination by the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, Manipur Police and central forces produced the surrender but cautioned it does not necessarily mean the PWG faction is fully dissolved.
- Security sources said the mass surrender is an unprecedented single‑event setback for the PWG in valley districts and could reduce local extortion and attacks, though they urged further surrenders and continued operations to secure remaining arms.