NIA arrests three insurgents linked to 2024 attack on Manipur Security Forces

New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday stated that the agency had arrested three insurgents involved in a fatal attack on security forces in Moreh, Manipur's Tengnoupal district, on January 17, 2024, resulting in the deaths of two police commandos and injuries to several others.
According to the NIA's statement, the agency arrested Thangminlen Mate, a key orchestrator from the Kuki Inpi Tengnoupal (KIT) group from Silchar, Assam, on May 19, and two others, Kamginthang Gangte of the Kuki National Army (KNA) and Hentinthang Kipgen, alias Thangneo Kipgen, of the Village Volunteers group from Imphal on June 6.
The three men, along with their associates, had planned, conspired and executed the attack on an Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) post and security forces in Moreh.
Mate had been produced before the NIA Special Court in Guwahati, where he was remanded for custody until May 28.
Meanwhile, the other two have been sent to NIA's Special Court in Guwahati for further proceedings, as NIA continues its investigation on the matter.
"The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested three insurgents in a case related to a deadly attack on security forces that had killed two police commandos and injured several others in Manipur last year," the release stated.
"Among the arrested accused is Thangminlen Mate, a resident of Tengnoupal district and member of the Kuki Inpi Tengnoupal (KIT) insurgent group. He had played a key role in orchestrating and carrying out the attack. He was apprehended on 19th May 2025 in Silchar, Assam, and produced before the NIA Court in Guwahati, which remanded him to custody until 28th May. The other accused, Kamginthang Gangte, a member of the Kuki National Army (KNA), and Hentinthang Kipgen @ Thangneo Kipgen, associated with the Village Volunteers group in Churachandpur district, were arrested from Imphal on 6th June," the release further read. (ANI)