Two members of the armed group Arambai Tenggol have been arrested and firearms seized from their possession in Manipur’s Imphal West district, police said.
The two persons, identified as Kangabam Lenin Singh (43) and Toijam Shantikishore (50), were apprehended in the Nambul Mapal area on Wednesday, a police release said.
An INSAS rifle along with a magazine and 16 cartridges, and a .38 calibre pistol and a magazine along with three cartridges were seized from their possession.
At least three persons were killed and two others went missing after a boat sank in the floodwaters in Assam’s Goalpara district on Thursday evening, officials said. According to a senior police officer, the incident took place at Simlitola in the Rongjuli police station area when the boat with around 20 people on board was returning after the cremation of a person in a nearby isolated location.
