Overview
- Police identified the detainees as Laishram Kishan Singh, 31, and Selheibam Joysana Meitei, 48, picked up from Khurai Lamlong Bazar and Porompat in Imphal East.
- Seizures included a .38 pistol with three live rounds, two four-wheelers, mobile phones with SIM cards, two wallets and Rs 60,300 in cash.
- Officials accused the pair of extorting schools, brick farms, hospitals and pharmacies in areas of Imphal East.
- Authorities said combing, cordon and search operations continue statewide to locate suspects tied to extortion and related criminal activity.
- In related actions this week, police reported arresting two inter-state drug peddlers with about 2 kg of brown sugar and security forces recovered multiple firearms and explosives from Uran Chiru and the Tentha Tuwaband foothills.