Manipur looted weapons issue: Army, security forces recover INSAS rifles, guns, pistols, mortars, IEDs

Manipur looted weapons issue: Army, security forces recover INSAS rifles, guns, pistols, mortars, IEDs

Follow Us on Google News Imphal, March 9 (IANS) The Army and other Central and state forces, in a series of joint operations in six districts, comprising mountainous areas and valleys, recovered 25 weapons, Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), several grenades, a large cache of ammunition and other war-like stores, official said on Sunday. Defence spokesman … Read more

Manipur: 196 weapons returned, security forces to launch operation to recover remaining looted arms (Ld)

Manipur: 196 weapons returned, security forces to launch operation to recover remaining looted arms (Ld)

Imphal, March 7 (IANS) Responding to Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla’s appeal, 196 looted and illegally held arms, including many sophisticated weapons, have returned to the police on Thursday, the last date of surrendering the arms, officials said. A top police official late on Thursday night said that 196 arms and a large cache of … Read more

Manipur: Security forces to launch operation to recover remaining looted arms

Manipur: Security forces to launch operation to recover remaining looted arms

Imphal, March 6 (IANS) Responding to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla’s appeal, a large number of looted and illegally held arms including many sophisticated weapons have returned to the police on Thursday, the last date of surrendering the arms, officials said. A top police official late on Thursday night said that they are still compiling the … Read more

Manipur: Security forces arrest 16 militants, recover arms & ammunition

Manipur: Security forces arrest 16 militants, recover arms & ammunition

Imphal, Feb 20 (IANS) In a series of joint intelligence-based operations in Manipur’s six districts, the Army, the Assam Rifles and Manipur Police apprehended 16 militants of different outfits and recovered 23 weapons and ammunition from them in the hill and valley areas in Manipur, officials said on Thursday. A Defence spokesman said that the … Read more

Manipur Police recover most arms, ammunition looted by militants on Feb 8

Manipur Police recover most arms, ammunition looted by militants on Feb 8

Imphal, Feb 10 (IANS) A day after armed cadres of the militant outfit Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) looted several arms and a large quantity of ammunition from an outpost of the Manipur Rifles in the state’s Thoubal district, the police personnel recovered most of the arms and ammunition and also arrested an extremist, an official … Read more

Assam Rifles seize drugs valued at Rs 12 crore, recover explosives

Assam Rifles seize drugs valued at Rs 12 crore, recover explosives

Aizawl, Feb 3 (IANS) Assam Rifles along with different law enforcing agencies have seized drugs valued at around Rs 12 crore and recovered a huge cache of explosives materials in separate incidents in Mizoram, officials said on Monday. The security forces also arrested 6 persons including a Myanmar national in connection with the recovery of … Read more

Army and other security agencies recover 35 weapons from Manipur before Republic Day

Army and other security agencies recover 35 weapons from Manipur before Republic Day

Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) The Army and Assam Rifles have recovered 35 weapons, ammunition, and explosives, in joint operations with the state police and other security forces, from several parts of Manipur over the week leading up to India’s Republic Day, officials said. According to a senior official of the Eastern Command, the recoveries were … Read more