IMPHAL, Mar 6: In a significant gain in its counter insurgency campaign, the Imphal East Police Commandos arrested the s/s home secretary of United Revolutionery Front (URF) along with five other hard core cadres today in a joint operation with 28 AR and 30 AR.
On receiving specific intelligence, the joint team conducted an operation in and around Khurai in the morning leading to the arrest of s/s URF home secretary, Puyam Mongyamba Meitei @ Biren @ Ruhini @ Shukhil @ Khura, 47, s/o (L) Puyam Indu Singh of Khurai Chingangbam Leikei. He was found carrying one .32 pistol with two live rounds and a mobile phone. Based on his confession, the team moved in quickly to arrest Khangembam Memton Devi @ Ing, 47, w/o P Mongyamba of Khurai Chingangbam Leikai, Ngangkham Khagemba @ Laba, 21, s/o N Tiken Singh of Khurai Laishram Leikai, Ngankham Rocky Singh @ Bungcha, 21, s/o Ng Chaoba of Khurai Laishram Leikai, Ngangkham Ranjan Singh @ Ibungo, 22, s/o Ng Boge Singh of Khurai Konsam Leikai and Ningombam Amarchand Singh @ Boy, 31, s/o N Sanajaoba of Moirangkampu Makha Leikai.
One of the cadre N Amarchand Singh was arrested several months back but was out on bail before his arrest today.
The joint security force also managed to capture from their possessions two pistols of .32 calibre with 4 live rounds and two spare magazines, one 9mm pistol loaded with 2 live rounds, five Chinese hand grenades with detonators, 180 demand letter of URF and a computer set used in printing the letters.
With these arrests the security forces have claimed a breakthrough in several violent incidences in the last several months. Speaking to the press at Imphal East district police headquarters, district police commando OC Inspector Chandrakumar claimed that the arrested cadres had been involved in the IED explosion in the house of I Hemochandra Singh at Singjamei. He also claimed to have established the involvement of URF in the grenade attacks on Trinamool Congress candidate L Yaima Singh as well as BJP candidate Th Ibosana Singh.
In another significant move, the security forces claimed to have disrupted the proposed attack on non-manipuris during Yaoshang festival by means of grenade attacks or IEDs or gun fire from Mar 8.
It may be mentioned that URF was recently established on Jan 7, 2012 with deserters or retired cadres from other outfits. The top leadership of the outfit includes s/s president of the outfit Manganthoi, former editor of a monthly ‘Lanmeithanbi’and cormer PLA member, Jashwa Mangang @ Raghumani as Vice President, AK Pibarel of Sagolband Tera as Secy Info & Pub, Lemba Meitei of Nongren as Secy Finance and Kiyamba of Yurembam, Imphal West as Secy Defence. The entire leadership of the outfit is believed to be based in Bangladesh. URF had joined CorCom and undertaken violent activities in concert with them.