Overview

• Joint teams from the National Investigation Agency and Assam Police arrested Thanglienlal Hmar alias Boya in Cachar district on July 31 and detained Lalrosang Hmar alias Rosang in Aizawl on August 1.
• Investigators recovered mobile phones and SIM cards from both suspects, which are now under forensic examination.
• The Manipur High Court has ordered the NIA to submit a formal chargesheet under Section 173 of the Criminal Procedure Code by August 2025.
• Hmar community organisations including the Hmar Women Association and the Kuki Zo Council have condemned the arrests as arbitrary and claimed the detainees had no prior criminal history.
• The operation marks a breakthrough in probing the November 2024 massacre in which militants abducted and killed three Meitei women and three children and dumped their bodies in the Barak River.