Kanglaonline reports that Security Forces (SFs)
recovered a cache of arms
and ammunition from the
foothill of Awaching about
one and a half kilometres
west of Nongmaiching in
Imphal East District on
June 1. The recovered items
include one G3 rifle with
one magazine, one Chinese
live hand grenade, one High
Explosive-36 hand grenade
(without detonator), three
lethod shells, 52 rounds
of AK series ammunition,
28 rounds of M-16 ammunition,
15 rounds of .32 USM carbine
ammunition, one AK series
magazine, one I-COM High
Frequency wireless set,
one nine feet long piece
of Chinese made cordex wire
and three electrical detonators.
Meanwhile, a Chinese hand grenade was
found from the garage of
a retired Superintending
Engineer, identified as
Yumlembam Indrakumar, at
Keishampat Leimajam Leikai
under Imphal Police Station
in Imphal West District.
Police suspect that the
grenade which was found
around 1:50 pm was planted
by militants however the
motive behind the bomb threat
is yet to be ascertained.
A Police team retrieved
the bomb around 2:30 pm.
Separately, SFs arrested the
‘commander-in-chief’ of
Military Council faction
of the Kangleipak Communist
Party (KCP-MC)
identified as Khangembam
Amarjit Singh alias
Amrita alias Netrajit
from Chingmeirong Mamang
leikai Imphal West District
on June 1.
Further, SFs also arrested one cadre
of the Lanchenbi group of
KCP-MC, identified as one
Laishram Mocha alias
Momocha alias
Lenmang Chongloi, during
a search operation at Upokpi
in Imphal West District
on May 31. One .9MM pistol
was also seized from his
possession.
Elsewhere, the Indigenous Democratic
Front (IDF) has demanded
that the Autonomous District
Councils (ADCs) in Manipur
should go back to the hill
Districts and start operating
from there and not from
the State capital Imphal,
reports The Sangai Express.
Mention may be made that
ADCs in Naga dominated Districts
are operating from Imphal
as the United Naga Council
(UNC) boycott them. | 
