Special Task Force (STF) on Friday arrested a man for allegedly possessing arms and ammunition, under the Siuri police station in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, said the police.
Security Forces conducted Joint Combing Operations for the second consecutive day in the Hills and Valley Sector of Manipur on Thursday, an official statement said.
The recoveries of arms and ammunition were made from Porompat Police Station in Imphal East and Sugnu Police Station in the Kakching districts of Manipur.
"Inputs indicate casualties to insurgents. This is being verified on the ground. During preliminary search-two AK series rifles, one 51mm mortar, two carbines, ammunition, and warlike stores were recovered from the general area," the Indian Army said.
"In a case registered at Sarai Akeel police station, accused Abdul Kavi (aide of late mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed) was taken on police remand for 36 hours," Brijesh Kumar Srivastava, Superintendent of Police (SP) said.
The raids were being conducted at nine locations in Punjab and one in Haryana in connection with a criminal conspiracy hatched to raise funds for the banned terrorist outfit and also smuggle arms, ammunition and explosives for it from across the border.
The Army, Assam Rifles, police and CAPFs (Central Armed Police Forces) commenced Area Domination Operations in the hills and valley area across Manipur on Saturday, said Army officials. Conducted under the surveillance cover of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Quadcopters, the operations have so
Two terrorists associated with the banned outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were arrested along with arms and ammunition in Baramulla, informed Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday.
According to officials, Gope, who was arrested in New Delhi on May 21 and is currently in NIA custody, revealed the hideouts which lead to the seizures, made from the Khunti, Gumla and Simdega districts of Jharkhand on Monday and Tuesday.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), in operations conducted with the support of Jharkhand Police, has seized a large number of explosives, arms and ammunition from the state in the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) terror funding case over the past two days.