Overview
- The arrests on Saturday followed house searches in Pangei Lairam Mapan and Haotan Thangjam Khunou in Imphal East.
- Rebanta Kshetrimayum, 49, was held in Pangei Lairam Mapan with a Pietro Beretta 9 mm pistol, a magazine, 18 rounds, a holster and a mobile phone.
- Aribam Gunindro Sharma, 30, was detained in Haotan Thangjam Khunou with 13 cartridges of different calibres and three empty 12-bore shells.
- Police disclosed the arrests on Sunday and said further investigation is underway.
- Security forces reported 113 checkpoints across Manipur and convoy escorts to keep essential-goods traffic moving, with 196 vehicles cleared on NH-37.