Overview

• Security forces arrested Paokholen Guite, the self‑styled commander‑in‑chief of the Chin Kuki Mizo Army, at S Munuam in Churachandpur on October 1.
• Manipur Police said he trafficked weapons and drugs for non‑SOO organisations such as the United Kuki National Army and was involved in extortion.
• Recovered items included two AK‑47 rifles, two magazines, 31 AK rounds, 150 SLR/LMG rounds, ₹1,00,000 in cash, a four‑wheeler, a bulletproof pouch, and two mobile phones.
• Two cadres of the banned People’s Liberation Army were arrested in Imphal West on October 2 for extortion targeting brick field owners and the public.
• Another PLA member was held in Thoubal on October 1 over collections from quarry workers, with reporting recalling a September ambush on an Assam Rifles convoy that killed two personnel.