The seizure comes after the Indian Army and Assam Rifles under Spear Corps launched intelligence-based operations in the hills and valley districts of Chandel, Imphal West, Kakching, and Thoubal.
Bathinda Superintendent of Police (SP) Narinder Singh said that one of the "miscreants", Satwant Singh, fired at the police with an AK-47, which was stolen by another accused named Sunil, who serves in the army.
The Manipur police and security officials conducted various search operations in the fringe and vulnerable areas of hill and valley districts, the police said on Friday.
Jharkhand police originally registered the case after they raided the Silodar forest area based on input, in August 2012. The police arrested one Prafulla Kumar Malakar, member of the Arms & Ammunition Supply Unit of the banned terror outfit, CPI (Maoist). A USA-made M-16 Rifle, 14 live
According to Nipun Agarwal, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South, Lucknow, the deceased, identified as Jitendra Singh Bhadoria, was killed on Bijnor-Gauri Road when a bullet was fired from a 315 bore licensed rifle, causing a head injury to the victim.
The operations resulted in the recovery of 25 weapons, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), grenades, ammunition and other war-like stores. Security forces also destroyed bunkers in the Kangpokpi district.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a veiled attack on Congress on Thursday, saying that Naxalism is being eradicated from the forests today but is spreading its tentacles in the urban centers and voice of urban Naxalites is being heard in parties that were earlier inspired by Mahatma Gandh
Based on specific inputs regarding a drug ring, Assam rifles carried out an operation in Thingkangphai Village, Churachandpur District of Manipur, under the aegis of Headquarter Inspector General Assam Rifles (South) launched an operation on 03 March 2025 to apprehend the drug dealers and
The Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with the Mizoram Police, seized methamphetamine tablets worth Rs60.63 crore in the Champhai district of Mizoram.
ollowing the appeal of Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla and joint efforts in public awareness by District Police, Assam Rifles and CRPF, people in Manipur have begun surrendering illegally held weapons.