Imphal, Oct 20 (PTI): Security forces arrested three people during their combing operation in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Tuesday, a day after suspected militants ambushed 14 Meitei men collecting firewood and killed three of them, police said.A senior police officer said that during interrogation, two of them have admitted to being part of the militants who ambushed the firewood collectors in the Sunurok hills of the district. A cache of arms and ammunition has been recovered based on their disclosure during the grilling. Talking to reporters at the police headquarters here, ADGP (Law and Order) Lhari Dorjee Lhatoo said, “Intensive search operations were conducted by joint teams of police, CRPF and CoBRA since late last evening in the S Phailenkot and neighbouring villages.” “Three people were arrested. During preliminary investigation, two of them admitted to being part of the assault team that killed three persons in Sunulok hills,” the senior IPS officers said. “The role of the third individual in the incident is being probed.” “A probe is underway to identify the others involved in the case,” Lhatoo said adding that based their information, one INSAS rifle, M 16 rifle, A1 rifle, AK 47, sniper rifle, three single-bore rifle, and a hand made rocket launcher along with 1,095 live rounds of various weapons, were recovered. In another operation conducted on Tuesday in the area surrounding SINAI camp, 17 individuals have been detained whose identities do not match the list of KNO/ KLA cadres of the camp, he said.
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