Two members of the Myanmar-based Chin Kuki Liberation Army (CKLA) have been arrested with weapons, ammunition, drugs, and cash along the India-Myanmar border in ethnic violence-hit Manipur’s Churachandpur, police said.
Chief minister N Biren Singh called the arrests a major breakthrough and said they underscored a transnational plot to destabilise Manipur and India. In a post on social media platform X, he said the seized weapons include AK 47, Insas, sniper, and M16 rifles. “…opium weighing about 2.5 kg, ₹4,86,500 cash and various other items were also recovered.”
He added the National Investigation Agency has taken up cases related to a “transnational conspiracy by Myanmar and Bangladesh-based leadership of terror outfits” to wage war against India by exploiting the unrest in Manipur. “Today’s apprehension of CKLA cadres and the recovery of weapons has yet again underscored a transnational plot aimed at destabilizing both Manipur and our nation,” he added.
On October 22, three Myanmarese nationals were arrested from the border town of Moreh.
The ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki-Chin communities in Manipur was triggered on May 3 and has since left at least 175 people dead and 50,000 displaced.
Source: Hindustan Times
