Security forces have launched a major crackdown on the banned People’s Liberation Army (PLA), one of Manipur’s most prominent valley-based insurgent groups, arresting 15 cadres including two key suspects allegedly involved in last month’s deadly ambush on an Assam Rifles convoy that killed two soldiers in Nambol.

Officials identified the two prime accused as Thoungram Sadananda Singh alias Purakpa (18) and Khomdram Ojit Singh alias Keilal (47). Their arrests were made within 72 hours of the ambush, which took place in Nambol Sabal Leikai on September 19.

The attack claimed the lives of Naib Subedar Shyam Gurung and Rifleman Ranjit Singh Kashyap, whose vehicle was ambushed along the Patsoi–Nambol route, an area where the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) is not in effect and road se

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