NIA, Manipur Police arrest 10 in six battle circumstances, together with Biren Singh convoy assault | India Information
2 min learnJun 20, 2026 05:10 PM IST
The NIA and Manipur Police have arrested 10 individuals in reference to six conflict-related circumstances within the state, together with the killing and burning of a Hmar lady in Jiribam in November 2024, an assault on former Chief Minister N Biren Singh’s carcade en route from Imphal to Jiribam in June 2024, and a financial institution theft in Ukhrul in November 2023.
Based on an NIA assertion, the arrests had been made throughout multi-location search operations in Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur, Churachandpur, Ukhrul, Chandel and Pherzawl districts in coordination with Manipur Police and the CRPF.
The circumstances embrace the theft of Rs 18.85 crore from a Punjab Nationwide Financial institution department in Ukhrul in November 2023, which was later taken over by the NIA. The company alleged that armed cadres of the Nationwide Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN/Isak-Muivah) carried out the theft and later fled to Myanmar with the cash. The circumstances additionally embrace the brutal killing of a 33-year-old Hmar lady in a Jiribam village in November 2024, which triggered a cycle of violence within the district, and the assault on the Chief Minister’s carcade travelling from Imphal to Jiribam in June 2024, through which two members of the convoy sustained bullet accidents.
The circumstances additional embrace a mob storming an IRB camp in Imphal East and looting weapons in February 2024, and the firing on CRPF personnel in Bishnupur in April 2024 that left two personnel useless.
“The operations, performed on the premise of in depth intelligence, technical and area investigations by the NIA together with the state police and the central safety company, had been centered on figuring out and prosecuting people, throughout communities, concerned in felony and terrorist actions within the state. NIA expects the arrests to disclose vital details about the planning, execution, and help networks concerned within the circumstances of violence. The company can be analyzing potential linkages between the varied incidents, in addition to the people and teams concerned within the insurgency,” mentioned the NIA assertion.
