Four militants arrested in Manipur

Security forces have arrested four suspected militants belonging to three proscribed outfits in separate operations across Manipur, police said on Saturday.

A member of the Kangleipak Communist Party, identified as Khunthoklemba Oinam, 30, was arrested in Imphal West district on Friday for allegedly hurling a hand grenade at a house in Yumnam Leikai on July 28, an official said.

On the same day, a cadre of PREPAK (PRO), identified as Ningthoujam Nanao Meitei, 41, was arrested in Imphal East district.

In a separate operation on Thursday, security forces apprehended two alleged PREPAK members near the India-Myanmar border in Tengnoupal district, police said.