Guwahati: Two PLA militants arrested for September 19 Manipur ambush

Guwahati: Two cadres of the banned militant outfit People's Liberation Army (PLA), involved in the September 19 ambush, in which two Assam Rifles personnel were killed and five others injured in Manipur's Bishnupur district, were arrested.

A police official said that two cadres of the PLA who were involved in the September 19 ambush on the Assam Rifles at Nambol Sabal Leikai in Bishnupur district were arrested on Friday night from Imphal West District. The apprehended militants were identified as Thongram Sadananda Singh alias Ngachik alias Purakpa and self-styled Lt Corpl Chongtham Mahesh alias Momo alias Amo Singh.

According to the police official, self-styled Lt Corpl Chongtham Mahesh is a very senior cadre of the banned outfit PLA. He has been associated with the PLA outfit since 1990. Chongtham Mahesh was arrested in Guwahati with assistance from the Crime Branch Police Station of Assam.


Earlier, on September 24, the security forces arrested the prime accused of the September 19 ambush. The main accused of the September 19 ambush, Khomdram Ojit Singh alias Keilal, 47, was arrested from the Kameng area in Imphal West district. He is also associated with the extremist outfit PLA.

The security forces in separate operations also arrested four more militants belonging to three extremist outfits – PLA, Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) and Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) – during the past 24 hours. The militants were arrested from Bishnupur, Imphal East and Imphal West districts.