Arrested Arambai leader ex-cop, sacked in March: Manipur Police

With fresh protests erupting in Manipur and prohibitory orders being clamped in five districts of the Valley, former chief minister N Biren Singh and BJP Rajya Sabha MP Leishemba Sanajaoba left for New Delhi on Monday to brief central leaders on the escalating situation.

Defying prohibitory orders, protesters blocked major roads in Imphal by burning debris and tyres. An additional SP was assaulted in Bishnupur by protesters.

The government has suspended internet and mobile data services in the five Valley districts for five days after widespread protests in Imphal East and Imphal West following the arrest of a leader of the Meitei radical outfit 'Arambai Tenggol'. Protesters have barricaded the capital city Imphal.


Manipur Police stated on X, "CBI and NIA have issued press releases regarding certain arrests made recently: Ashem Kanan Singh (46) was arrested by CBI in Imphal, Manipur. He was a head constable in Manipur Police till he was terminated from service on March 3, 2025, for his involvement in various criminal activities, including cross-border smuggling of arms... Following his arrest, protests erupted from the evening of June 7, 2025, in the valley areas of Manipur. Manipur Police and security forces brought the situation under control. In the corresponding period, NIA 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 Moreh, Tengnoupal district, on January 17, 2024".

In Manipur, at least 258 people have been killed and over a thousand people injured in the ethnic violence between the tribal Kuki-Zos and non-tribal Meiteis since May 3, 2023.