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Arambai Tenggol, a Meitei group, called a meeting of all Meitei MLAs and MPs at Kangla on January 24. The police have barred the organisation from carrying arms in the venue. A three-member team of Union Home ministry is in Manipur to hold meeting with Arambai Tenggol leaders.
National Police arrested the suspect after the accident and found that he was carrying 48 kilos of hashish in the boot of the vehicle
The bodies of the victims were recovered on Thursday by the police team from Kumbi in Bishnupur district. The four victims identified as Ibomcha Singh and his son Anand Singh Romen Singh (38) and Dara Singh (37). A senior police officer who does not want to be named said, “Villagers saw the dead bodies in the social media network and informed the police who then recovered the bodies. The security forces are now conducting the search operations to nab the militants”.
Biren said that the unified command and combined teams of security forces comprising Assam Rifles, BSF and state police commandos are jointly taking on the militants. “Militants have attacked state police and central forces. It is our primary duty to protect the people and land of the state. The unified command, Assam Rifles, BSF and state forces are countering the attack of the militants.”
Moreh is just 4 km to the west of Myanmars largest border town Tamu. Moreh, which is 110 km south of Imphal, has been restive as a section of people are opposing the deployment of state forces in the area. The area had witnessed a series of violent incidents since May 3.