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Imphal: The security forces in Manipur have arrested one more militant and takes him into custody, in connection with killings of Two migrant laborers in Bihar yesterday, the number of arrests have reached to eight, officials said.
A senior police official said that the militant was associated with the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (People’s War Group) (KCP-PWG) outfit, identified as Irengbam Rameshwar Singh, 48, was arrested from Kakching Lamkhai area under Kakching district on an intervening night of Monday.
The official said that a police team, acting on secret information, had earlier on Monday arrested seven militants of the KCP-PWG group from a hideout located at the Kakching Mamang Ching Laipham Loknung area in Kakching.
The arrested extremists were identified as Elangabm Herojit Singh, 40, Heikrujam Prem, 28, Okram Arundatta, 30, Senjam Rebingson, 27, Okram Amarjit, 31, Aribam Ghanendrajit Sharma, 25, and Chongtham Rajkumar, 26.
A huge cache of arms and ammunition including eight weapons were recovered from the detainees.
Armed militants shot dead the two migrant workers near the panchayat office in Keirak on Kakching-Wabagai Road in Kakching district on Saturday evening when the victims, along with a few others, were going on their bicycles.
The victims were identified as Sunalal Kumar, 18, and Dasharat Kumar, 17.
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh had strongly condemned the killing of two migrant workers from Bihar and announced Rs 10 lakh as an ex-gratia for the kin of each victim.
He said that if required, the case would be transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to ensure a fair and thorough inquiry.
The deceased are residents of Rajwahi village in Yadavpur police station area under Bihar’s Gopalganj district. They were engaged in some construction work and stayed in a rented accommodation in Kakching.
