IMPHAL, Jan 7: Security forces arrested two woman belonging to a proscribed outfit in connection with abduction of three minors for recruitment of their outfit, a police statement informed on Wednesday.
Two active women cadres of the banned PREPAK were arrested from Khangabok in Thoubal district on Monday, police said adding they have been identified as Ningthoujam Roshidiya (24), and Bidya (30).
Police said the arrest of the duo follows an investigation in the abduction of three minors, the previous day, from Kakching Khunou Ngaikhong Leikai in Kakching district.
The children who were abducted to serve as recruits for PREPAK have since been rescued from Uchiwa Awang Leikai in Imphal West district and handed over to their respective parents, police said.
A car which was used in the kidnapping has been recovered, police said and efforts are underway to arrest the accomplices of the arrested PREPAK cadres.
