Imphal: A joint team of the Manipur Police and the Indian Army recovered a cache of arms, explosives and other warlike stores after dismantling a temporary insurgent camp during an anti-insurgency operation in Churachandpur district on Tuesday.
According to the Manipur Police‘s morning bulletin, the operation was carried out around 4 am in the forested area near K. Thenjang village by personnel of the state police and the 19 Garhwal Rifles as part of intensified search operations in the district.
During the operation, the security forces uncovered a makeshift militant camp and seized a large quantity of weapons and equipment. The recovered items included four sophisticated rifles, a 4-kg conical improvised explosive device (IED), four bulletproof jackets, two helmets, seven spent AK-47 cartridge cases, four spent 7.62 mm cartridge cases, and a radio set charger.
No militants were apprehended during the operation. Police said all the seized arms and other materials have been handed over to the concerned police station for further investigation and legal action.
Security forces have been intensifying counter-insurgency operations across Churachandpur to curb the movement of illegal armed groups and recover weapons. The district has witnessed the activities of several militant outfits, particularly those operating outside the Suspension of Operations (SoO) framework. Authorities have also been targeting unregistered armed groups allegedly involved in territorial clashes, ambushes and attacks on local leaders and rival factions.