Imphal, February 8 Security forces have arrested four militants belonging to various outlawed groups from different parts of the Manipur valley districts for their alleged involvement in extortion activities, the police said on Sunday.
In a statement, the police also said that security forces recovered a mortar and two IEDs from the Yangoubung area along the Indo-Myanmar Border in the Tengnoupal district on Saturday.
The recovered explosives were destroyed on the spot by a bomb disposal team.
The police said that two cadres of the PREPAK were apprehended from the Imphal East and West districts on Saturday on charges of extortion.
One cadre of the banned KYKL was arrested from the Kakching Lamkhai area in the Kakching district on Saturday.
A member of the outlawed UNLF (K) was arrested on Friday from the Canchipur area in the Imphal West district.
The police said that extensive combing, cordon, and search operations, based on intelligence, are being carried out across the state to apprehend those involved in extortion and criminal activities.
