{"id":956895,"date":"2026-08-23T10:37:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T14:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nenow.in\/?p=530804"},"modified":"2026-08-23T10:37:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T14:37:47","slug":"manipur-pla-cadre-held-over-2021-ambush-that-killed-assam-rifles-officer-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2026\/08\/23\/manipur-pla-cadre-held-over-2021-ambush-that-killed-assam-rifles-officer-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Manipur: PLA cadre held over 2021 ambush that killed Assam Rifles officer, family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Joint-Security-Forces-Arrest-PLA-Captain-Linked-to-2021-Assam-Rifles-Convoy-Ambush-killing-CO-and-his-wife-in-Manipur-NIA-wanted-militant-arrested-1.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Joint-Security-Forces-Arrest-PLA-Captain-Linked-to-2021-Assam-Rifles-Convoy-Ambush-killing-CO-and-his-wife-in-Manipur-NIA-wanted-militant-arrested-1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Joint-Security-Forces-Arrest-PLA-Captain-Linked-to-2021-Assam-Rifles-Convoy-Ambush-killing-CO-and-his-wife-in-Manipur-NIA-wanted-militant-arrested-1.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Joint-Security-Forces-Arrest-PLA-Captain-Linked-to-2021-Assam-Rifles-Convoy-Ambush-killing-CO-and-his-wife-in-Manipur-NIA-wanted-militant-arrested-1.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Joint-Security-Forces-Arrest-PLA-Captain-Linked-to-2021-Assam-Rifles-Convoy-Ambush-killing-CO-and-his-wife-in-Manipur-NIA-wanted-militant-arrested-1.jpg?resize=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Joint-Security-Forces-Arrest-PLA-Captain-Linked-to-2021-Assam-Rifles-Convoy-Ambush-killing-CO-and-his-wife-in-Manipur-NIA-wanted-militant-arrested-1.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Joint-Security-Forces-Arrest-PLA-Captain-Linked-to-2021-Assam-Rifles-Convoy-Ambush-killing-CO-and-his-wife-in-Manipur-NIA-wanted-militant-arrested-1.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<figure><img width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Joint-Security-Forces-Arrest-PLA-Captain-Linked-to-2021-Assam-Rifles-Convoy-Ambush-killing-CO-and-his-wife-in-Manipur-NIA-wanted-militant-arrested-1.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Joint-Security-Forces-Arrest-PLA-Captain-Linked-to-2021-Assam-Rifles-Convoy-Ambush-killing-CO-and-his-wife-in-Manipur-NIA-wanted-militant-arrested-1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Joint-Security-Forces-Arrest-PLA-Captain-Linked-to-2021-Assam-Rifles-Convoy-Ambush-killing-CO-and-his-wife-in-Manipur-NIA-wanted-militant-arrested-1.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Joint-Security-Forces-Arrest-PLA-Captain-Linked-to-2021-Assam-Rifles-Convoy-Ambush-killing-CO-and-his-wife-in-Manipur-NIA-wanted-militant-arrested-1.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Joint-Security-Forces-Arrest-PLA-Captain-Linked-to-2021-Assam-Rifles-Convoy-Ambush-killing-CO-and-his-wife-in-Manipur-NIA-wanted-militant-arrested-1.jpg?resize=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Joint-Security-Forces-Arrest-PLA-Captain-Linked-to-2021-Assam-Rifles-Convoy-Ambush-killing-CO-and-his-wife-in-Manipur-NIA-wanted-militant-arrested-1.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Joint-Security-Forces-Arrest-PLA-Captain-Linked-to-2021-Assam-Rifles-Convoy-Ambush-killing-CO-and-his-wife-in-Manipur-NIA-wanted-militant-arrested-1.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Imphal: Security forces have arrested a self-styled captain of the outlawed People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) in connection with the November 2021 ambush in Manipur that killed an Assam Rifles commanding officer, his wife, their son and four other personnel, police said on Sunday. The accused, identified as 28-year-old Thiyam Boycha Singh alias Balin, was arrested [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-pla-cadre-held-over-2021-ambush-that-killed-assam-rifles-officer-family.html\">Manipur: PLA cadre held over 2021 ambush that killed Assam Rifles officer, family<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/\">NorthEast Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-pla-cadre-held-over-2021-ambush-that-killed-assam-rifles-officer-family.html\">https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-pla-cadre-held-over-2021-ambush-that-killed-assam-rifles-officer-family.html<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imphal: Security forces have arrested a self-styled captain of the outlawed People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) in connection with the November 2021 ambush in Manipur that killed an Assam Rifles commanding officer, his wife, their son and four other perso&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,20380],"tags":[34,319,20383,20381,20384,20382],"class_list":["post-956895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nenow","tag-manipur","tag-manipur-news","tag-nenow","tag-northeast-news","tag-northeastnow","tag-top-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956895"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":956963,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956895\/revisions\/956963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}