NIA arrests 3 insurgents for deadly January 2024 attack on Manipur security forces

New Delhi: National Investigation Agency on Sunday said that it has arrested three insurgents in a case related to a deadly attack on security forces that had killed two police commandos and injured several others in Manipur last year.

The three men, along with their associates, had planned, conspired and executed the attack on an Indian Reserve Battalion post and security forces in Moreh, Tengnoupal district, on January 17, 2024.

Among the arrested accused is Thangminlen Mate, a resident of Tengnoupal and member of the Kuki Inpi Tengnoupal insurgent group. He had a key role in orchestrating and carrying out the attack.


He was apprehended on May 19, 2025, in Silchar, Assam, and produced before the NIA court in Guwahati, which remanded him to custody till May 28. He is lodged in Central Jail, Guwahati.

The other accused Kamginthang Gangte, a member of the Kuki National Army, and Hentinthang Kipgen, alias Thangneo Kipgen, associated with Village Volunteers group in Churachandpur district, were arrested from Imphal on June 6, 2025.

They were presented before the duty magistrate, who granted a transit remand until June 9, 2025.