IMPHAL, Dec 19: Security forces arrested seven people, including four members of a banned outfit, for hijacking a truck transporting fish in Manipur’s Imphal West district, police said on Friday.
Four members of the proscribed United National Liberation Front (Pambei) outfit were arrested from different locations of Imphal West district on Thursday, the police statement said.
They had hijacked a truck loaded with boxes of iced fish from Maharabi-Pheidinga stretch in the district on Thursday, it said.
The arrested militants were identified as Borish Sagolsem (25), Herojit Sharma (32), Asem Amar Meitei (20) and Md Salman Khan (35).
Police also said the hijacked truck along with the boxes of iced fish have been recovered and that two tipper trucks used for shifting the fish boxes from the hijacked truck have been seized.
Three persons, including the drivers and helper of the seized vehicles, were also arrested.
Meanwhile, in an unrelated operation on Thursday, 16 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were seized in Kangvai area in Churachandpur district. The IEDs were defused by the bomb disposal squad.
The explosives were seized few kilometres from Torbung and Phougakchao Ikhai area in Bishnupur district which witnessed indiscriminate firing on Tuesday night.
(By Our Correspondent)
