Overview
- Police on Sunday reported new arms caches recovered in Kangpokpi and Imphal West and fresh arrests across Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur and Kakching over alleged extortion and recruitment.
- Separately, officials said seven militants from KCP and PLA/RPF were held across four districts in the past 24 hours, with 2,000 methamphetamine tablets seized in Churachandpur and highway convoys moving under tightened security.
- Earlier in the week, a joint team arrested CKMA self‑styled chief Paokholen Guite in Churachandpur and recovered two AK‑47s, ammunition, cash and a vehicle, with police alleging he trafficked arms and drugs for non‑SoO outfits including UKNA.
- Assam Rifles’ Operation Songkot on October 1 apprehended UKNA senior commander SS Lt Jamkhogin Guite Lupho, suspected in the January 2024 Bishnupur killings, who was handed to the NIA as a juvenile detainee from the team was sent to an observation home.
- Cases have been registered under the UAPA, the Arms Act and the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, and investigators are pursuing wider networks and cross‑border supply lines tied to Myanmar.