Monday, September 17, 2007

MLAs quarters in spotlight again, Militants again nabbed from Babupara quarters [Shame Shame, Shame]

By : A Staff Reporter IFP

IMPHAL, Sept 16: A month after the arrest of a dozen militants from the official quarters of two MLAs and one ex-MLA, two more militants of different groups were again nabbed in a raid at the heavily guarded VIP area at Babupara, police said Sunday.

On August 17 this year, 12 militants including those of the KYKL, PLA, PREPAK and KCP were nabbed from the official quarters of MLAs and ex-MLAs located at Babupara. The raids conducted by a combined team of Imphal east and west police also detected disassembled weapons and ammunitions apart from demand letters of the KYKL.

Today’s raid was also conducted by a combined team of Imphal east and west police commencing from 4.30 am and went on till around 7.45 am, officials said. The SPs of both the districts personally supervised the raids, sources said.

The raid was conducted based on intelligence input that some militants were taking shelter in the area, the statement added.

One of the detained cadres belongs to the KYKL identified as Salam Punshi Singh alias Inoucha, 30, son of Athotba Singh of Thanga Karang. He was rounded up from the quarter of the ex-MLA Salam Ibohal Singh, a statement of the SP, Imphal west said.

The other was a NSCN (IM) cadre identified as Md. Zanur Khan, 22, son of late Tombinou of Bishnupur ward No. II. He was nabbed from a rented house of Soubam Nirmal of Bapupara.

Punshi as per his disclosure during preliminary interrogation joined KYKL in January, 2004 through one Prem, the then district commander of Bishnupur district. He was arrested in June 2005 and rejoined the outfit after getting released on bail. He is currently working under self styled lieutenant Prem of KYKL.

The NSCN (IM) cadre Zamir was working in the finance section of the outfit in Imphal area.

Reports said that the police rounded up around 150 people from the Babupara area and verification was conducted at the Imphal west district commando complex. During the verification the two were found to be cadres of militant groups, the source added.

Many sitting and ex-MLAs turned up during the verification and after identifying their drivers and workers got them freed, the report added.

The Babupara area has been under the scrutiny of the state police since the arrest of 12 militants from the official quarters of MLAs during a police raid on August 17 last.

In the meantime, yesterday two PLA activists identified as Ningombam Birjitkumar, 31, and Paonam Dhanabir Singh, 31, both residents of Pishum Ningom Leirak, were nabbed by a combined team of the Imphal west district police and 32 Assam Rifles from Kwakeithel Huidrom Leikai.

On preliminary interrogation the two disclosed that they were assigned to kidnap businessmen and for collection of money for party funds, a statement issued by the SP, Imphal west said.


Imphal Free Press

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