Manipur-based ultras held in Burari for collecting funds

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nThe Delhi Police on Monday claimed to have nabbed two alleged terrorists of a banned Manipur-based organisation from Delhi's Burari area. Police said that both terrorist were operating their organization, Kangleipak Communist Party (People's War Group), from other States and were presently staying in Delhi to collect funds for their organization.

The accused have been identified as Laishram Mangoljao Singh and Hijbur Rahman, both residents of Manipur. Police said that the duo are found involved in several unlawful activities including terrorist and anti-national activities and cases of extortion are also registered against them in Manipur. Police said that a reward of Rs one lakh was also declared on information leading Singh arrest.

According to Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special Cell, on March 1, specific inputs were received that Laishram Mangoljao Singh and Hijbur Rahman would come to Burari area to locate some safe hideout for themselves and for their Kangleipak Communist Party (People's War Group), KCP-PWG, organization members.

"Acting on the inputs trap was laid and duo was nabbed by the police team. Both were arrested under the appropriate sections of law as Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) against both have been issued by the Judicial Courts," said the DCP.

"During interrogation, Singh disclosed that he is a self-styled Chairman of banned terrorist organization KCP- Lamyenmbakhuman faction. He further revealed that prior to coming to Delhi he was operating from his base at Kankarbitta, near Indo-Nepal Border. He was living clandestinely in Nepal since last five years to evade his arrest from Manipur Police," said the DCP.

"Both of them confessed about their involvements in number of terrorist activities in Manipur. They extorted money from different government authorities, local businessman, private schools by sending them threatening demand letters through over ground workers (OGWs) in Manipur," said the DCP.

"The duo was on run and had come to Delhi to identify an alternative base in and around Delhi for better coordination of anti-national activities and to raise funds and to procure arms and ammunition for the purpose of conducting terrorist activities for their organization," said the DCP.

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