IMPHAL: Security forces have launched a major crackdown on the banned People's Liberation Army (PLA), a prominent Manipur valley-based insurgent group, arresting a total of 15 cadres including two key suspects directly involved in last month's deadly ambush on an Assam Rifles convoy that killed two soldiers.

The two main accused were identified as Thoungram Sadananda Singh alias Purakpa (18) and Khomdram Ojit Singh alias Keilal (47). Their arrest came within 72 hours of the Nambol incident where two Assam Rifles soldiers were gunned down, officials said.

Security agencies are also reportedly investigating whether the PLA has been operating with any political patronage and this scrutiny comes in the wake of another dominant insurgent group, the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), re

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