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Manipur Police has confirmed that arms and ammunitions were looted from different police stations and armouries in the northeastern state. The police force says that incidents of lootings were reported from both hill and valley districts of the state.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Manipur Police said, “Security forces have been continuously raiding in the hill and valley areas to recover the looted arms and ammunitions. As a result of which 1057 arms and 14201 ammunitions have been recovered in the valley districts and 138 arms and 121 ammunitions have been recovered in the hill districts.”
Manipur Police said another attempt was made to snatch weapons from a police team at Toupokpi Police Outpost in Lilong Chajing, Imphal on August 5 but ‘alert’ police officials were able to chase the perpetrators and recover all four weapons.
Meanwhile, Indian Army on Saturday said it had apprehended one armed insurgent and recovered “war-like stores” during a search operation Bishnupur district.
The Spear Corps of the Indian Army, in a statement, said that under ‘Operation Mongcham’ multiple operations were launched in the aftermath of the incident at Kwakta, Bishnupur in the wee hours of Saturday after three the killing of three Meitei people.
Manipur has continued to convulse with violence since 3 May as ethnic clashes between the majority community Meitei and hilly tribes Kuki remain unresolved.
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Updated: 06 Aug 2023, 09:05 AM IST
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