3 'Arambai Tenggol' Members Arrested For Extortion Bid, Guns Seized: Manipur Police
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A Ghatak assault rifle with one magazine and five rounds, a .32 country made pistol with magazine, three mobile phones, a four-wheeler and other incriminating material were seized from the Arambai Tenggol members, the police said
Three members of the Arambai Tenggol who were on the prowl to extort money from the public and government officials were arrested in Manipur's capital Imphal, the police have said. A Ghatak assault rifle with one magazine and five rounds, a .32 country made pistol with magazine, three mobile phones, a four-wheeler and other incriminating material were seized from them during the operation on Sunday, the police said in a statement. On 01.12.2024, Manipur Police arrested 03 (three) armed miscreants and apprehended 01 (one) juvenile from Kshetrigao Sabal Leikai, Imphal East District who were found loitering in the area to commit prejudicial activities like extortion of money from general public and government...
"Manipur Police arrested three armed miscreants and apprehended one juvenile from... Imphal East district, who were found loitering in the area to commit... extortion of money from general public and government officials... as well as threatening the general public," the police said in a statement. "They were later found to be members of Arambai Tenggol," the police said, referring to the Meitei armed group which calls itself "defence volunteers".
The Arambai Tenggol maintains it started out as a youth group of the valley-dominant Meitei community, but took up arms after ethnic clashes with the Kuki tribes began in May 2023. Locally known as AT, it faces charges of looting weapons from police armouries, acts which it says were necessary to protect the Meitei community from Kuki militants and due to ineffective action by security forces in the early days of the ethnic clashes.
