IMPHAL, Sept 29 NNN: Ahead of the raising day celebration of the proscribed PREPAK (Pro), the Imphal West district police commandos during a counter-insurgency operation nabbed two members of the outfit and seized five lathod bombs from them at Singjamei Waikhom Leikai in Imphal West yesterday.
Addl Superintendant of Police, Imphal West district, S Ibomcha at a press briefing at his office here on Saturday identified the two members of the People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (Pro) group as Sarangthem Gourashyam aged 32, son of S Ibohal, a resident of Kakching Khunou near Tampakyam Lower Primary School Leikai, Thoubal district, but presently staying at Naorem Leikai near Narsing Mandir in Imphal West and Mayangbam Amarjit alias Mayamba aged 44, son of M Mangi of Singjamei Wangma Mongkhang Lambi in Imphal East.
He said the duo was planning to attack the security forces in connection with the outfit’s raising day.
Acting on a tip off, at around 10 am, a team of the district police commandos carried out an operation at Singjamei Waikhom Leikai when the duo was arrested along with the bombs, the SP said.
On spot search of Gourashyam’s Honda Activa scooter, 15 plastic packets of Fuji detergent were found in a box out of which five of them were discovered to contain five lathod bombs concealed inside the detergent powders, he added.
The five bombs were handed to him by one Koijam Deban alias Premcha alias Khamba of Khongman Mangjil Mamang Pat Leirak, a self-styled captain of PREPAK (Pro), Ibomcha cited Gourashyam as saying.
Amarjit also disclosed that Deban instructed him to receive the lathod bombs from Gourashyam and keep ready for using against the security forces and for other subversive activities in connection with the outfit’s raising day, the SP said.
Ibomcha further said that Amarjit has been working under the command of Deban for the last one year and under the latter’s instruction the former had served demand letters to various Government employees, contractors and Government departments as per statement given by him.
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