Imphal: Eight militants of different banned outfits were arrested by security forces from five separate Manipur districts during the past 24 hours, and some arms and ammunition were recovered from them, officials said on Sunday.

A police official said that the arrested militants belonging to different extremist groups — the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), the People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) — were arrested from Jiribam, Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur, and Kakching.

He said that the hardcore militants were involved in various crimes, including intimidation, forcible collection of subscriptions from people, government employees, contractors and others.

Some small arms, an improvised explosive device, Aadhaar/PAN cards, sev

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