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Two people were detained and a van — suspected to have been used in the ambush — was recovered near Mutum Yangbi, roughly 12 km from the site of an attack on an Assam Rifles convoy that left two soldiers dead and five injured. The ambush occurred near Nambol Sabal Leikai when a Tata 407…
Hundreds — overwhelmingly women from local Meira Paibi groups — marched and staged a sit-in at Nambol Sabal Leikai (Bishnupur district, Manipur) to protest a deadly ambush on an Assam Rifles vehicle at the same location. The ambush left two Assam Rifles personnel dead and five injured; no group has claimed responsibility and security forces…
Unidentified gunmen ambushed an Assam Rifles convoy near Nambol Sabal Leikai in Bishnupur district, Manipur on 19 September 2025, killing two Assam Rifles personnel on the spot and injuring several others. The injured were evacuated — with at least five taken to RIMS, Imphal — and security forces launched search operations while tightening vigil in…
Heavy, persistent monsoon rains over several days sent many rivers, rivulets and streams across Manipur into dangerous, overflowing states. In Imphal West’s Mayang Imphal area a male body was recovered from the Imphal River near Maibam Bridge and taken to RIMS mortuary while police investigate. The rains triggered widespread flooding, breaches and rescue operations across…
Between August 31 and September 6, coordinated joint operations by the Army, Assam Rifles, Manipur Police and other security agencies carried out a series of search-and-seize missions across districts in Manipur that led to the arrest of suspected militant cadres and the recovery of weapons, ammunition and explosives, according to local reporting. These actions were…
Assam Rifles, working with Manipur police, intercepted two vehicles at the Tadubi police station checkpost on National Highway-102 (the Imphal–Nagaland corridor) in the early hours and seized 2 kg of ‘brown sugar’ (a heroin derivative) hidden in 187 soap cases on the rooftops; five alleged smugglers — four men and one woman — were arrested,…
Manipur police, with assistance from the Assam Rifles, intercepted a vehicle on National Highway 102 (Moreh → Imphal) at the Tengnoupal checkpoint and seized 40 cartons of Myanmar cigarettes—valued at roughly ₹20 lakh. The driver, MD Sahid (35) of Kakching district, was arrested; the vehicle was detained and further interrogation is underway as police probe…
A joint operation by Assam Rifles, CRPF and local police nabbed two alleged smugglers along the Manipur–Nagaland border and recovered contraband drugs estimated at roughly ₹10 crore, along with two vehicles and about ₹1.46 lakh in cash. The officers first detained Md. Yunush Khan and then raided a second location that yielded additional narcotics and…
DGP Rajiv Singh visited Moreh, Tengnoupal and Thoubal on August 22, 2025, to assess law-and-order conditions, encourage frontline police personnel, and review anti-drug operations and border security arrangements. He met police teams and community groups in Moreh, lauded local efforts against drug trafficking, held discussions with Assam Rifles on border fencing and security coordination, and…
Assam Rifles Director General Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera told an event at Manipur University that authorities have mapped around 42,000 people who crossed into Manipur from Myanmar without valid documents since December 2024. Security forces reportedly captured biometric data, issued identity cards, and say these individuals are kept under close watch at secure locations while…