Five insurgents were arrested near the India-Myanmar border in Manipur's Tengnoupal district, police said on Tuesday (March 17, 2026). The insurgents belonged to PREPAK, Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) and Kangleipak Communist Party (MFL), they said. The arrests were made on Sunday (March 15, 2026) from a stretch between Border Pillars 73 and 75 in the Moreh police station area, they added. The seized items included eight improvised explosive devices (IEDs), a pistol, one pistol magazine, an improvised mortar, two radio sets and nine live rounds of different calibres, police said. The recovered IEDs were destroyed at the site in accordance with safety protocols and standard operating procedures, they said.

Source: The Hindu March 17, 2026 07:30 UTC