3 militants arrested in Manipur

Security forces arrested three militants belonging to two proscribed outfits in Manipur, police said on Saturday (February 14, 2026).

All the arrests were made on Friday (February 13, 2026), they said.

Two active cadres of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (Apunba) were apprehended from Imphal West and Imphal East district, while a member of the PREPAK (People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak) was nabbed from his residence at Moirang Khunou in Bishnupur district, a police statement said.

During an operation on Friday (February 13, 2026), the security personnel also recovered arms and ammunition from the Khulsaibung hill range in Tengnoupal district.

The recovered arms include a single-barrel gun, two pistols and eight IEDs, the statement said.