Imphal, Nov 17 (IANS) In a major joint crackdown, security forces have arrested four hardcore militants, including a self-styled ‘Major’, and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition, comprising 12 sophisticated weapons, from different districts of Manipur over the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday.

Among the arrested is dreaded militant Koijam Ibochouba alias Inao alias Sumo (45), police confirmed.

A senior police official said that Koijam lbochouba is the self-styled ‘Major’ of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and its sister outfit Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF), and he was a wanted insurgent in connection with the 2017 Ambush on Assam Rifles at Sajik Tampak in Chandel district, the official said.

Two Assam Rifles troopers died and six were injured in a powerful improvis

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