CBI arrests Meitei outfit Arambai Tenggol activist from Imphal airport

CBI arrests Arambai Tenggol member in Manipur, shifts trials to Guwahati due to ethnic violence, sparking protests in Imphal.

CBI arrested a member of Arambai Tenggol from Manipur’s Imphal Airport and brought him to Guwahati on Sunday (June 8, 2025). He will be “produced before the competent court for police remand”, the probe agency said.

“Kanan Singh was arrested by the CBI at the Imphal airport,” they added.

“The information related to his arrest has been given to his family members,” a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) spokesperson said in a statement.

The federal agency is probing cases related to the Manipur ethnic violence in accordance with a direction of the Supreme Court.

“The trials of the Manipur violence cases have been shifted from Manipur to Guwahati in view of the law-and-order situation in Manipur,” the spokesperson said.

The situation in the state capital, Imphal, was tense after reports of the arrest of the AT leader started circulating on Saturday (June 7, 2025).

The CBI statement made it clear that Singh was arrested from the Imphal airport on Sunday (June 8, 2025).