Four suspected cadres of the banned insurgent group United National Liberation Front (UNLF), were released on bail, hours after they were apprehended from violence-hit Manipur, officials said.
According to the release the joint operation was launched by the Radhanagar Battalion of Agartala Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (EAST) in a joint operation with Jirighat PS, Cachar District, Assam apprehended one individual alongwith Heroin on July 3, 2023.
A joint operation was launched by the Radhanagar Battalion of Assam Rifles with police representatives from Jirighat Police Station of Assam's Chachar district on Monday based on information about drugs sale.
Regarding the arrival of monsoon, Manipur CM said, "The need to take up agricultural activities on time, around 2000 security personnel including Manipur Rifles and IRB had been mobilised for additional deployment at places adjoining the hill areas, where agricultural works are being taken u
Assam Rifles recovered heroin and foreign origin cigarettes worth of Rs 2.07 crore in Zote and Zokhawthar of Champhai district, an official statement said Friday.
Security personnel have been deployed in the area near the BJP regional office in Imphal, Manipur where a crowd had gathered earlier on Thursday evening. The crowd has been dispersed and now the situation is under control.
The Assam Rifles has evacuated over 50,000 displaced persons from all communities in the violence-hit Manipur to date and provided them safe passage, shelter, food and medicines, the paramilitary force said in a statement.
"It is not law and order breakdown to be controlled by police and army or Assam rifles. It is a failure of the governance in the state and the union government," Tiruchi Siva said after the all-party meeting on the situation in Manipur on Friday.
The relief operation organized by the Assam Rifles was focused on efficiently distributing relief materials and essential supplies to the affected civilians in the Government Dance College Relief camp in the Imphal West district.