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The Government of India has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in Manipur for another six months, effective from October 1, 2025. The decision was taken citing the prevailing security situation in the state. However, the extension will not apply to 13 police station areas that remain excluded from AFSPA. These include Imphal,…
Seventeen female students at a Vasant Kunj ashram-linked institute have alleged sexual harassment, lewd messages and unwanted physical contact by the institute’s director — identified in reports as Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati (alias Partha Sarathy). The complaints say some wardens introduced the students to the accused, and victims allege that even some women faculty and administrative…
Security forces in Manipur seized 1.2 lakh WY tablets — suspected methamphetamine — with an estimated street value of about ₹30 crore in an operation linked to cross-border smuggling from Myanmar. The haul, intercepted during intelligence-led checks, forms part of a wave of large drug busts in the Northeast over recent weeks, underscoring growing trafficking…
Security forces operating in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district recovered a substantial cache of weapons, ammunition and explosives after raiding three militant camps in the hill areas of Gamdai, S. Mongoi (under New Keithelmanbi police station), Aigejang and Monbung Ridge. The joint operation — carried out by central security forces together with state police — recovered multiple…
Manipur security forces and police arrested five people in two coordinated operations in Imphal East and Thoubal districts on September 4, 2025. In Imphal East (Khomidok Karong area) four people were held and 129 grams of suspected Heroin No. 4, along with vials, syringes, mobile phones and cash, were recovered; in Thoubal a separate arrest…
On September 4, 2025, Manipur Police carried out coordinated anti-insurgency operations across the state, arresting three active militants — including identified cadres of the Kangleipak Communist Party’s People’s War Group (KCP-PWG) and RPF/PLA — and recovering large weapons caches (INSAS, AK-56, M16, explosives, hand grenades, RPG shell and more). Separate teams also disrupted a drug…
On September 1, 2025, Assam’s Kamrup police stopped a red Hyundai i10 (Regn. MN 01-AW-2641) at Amingaon and found 74 soap-boxes containing heroin — about 910 grams (excluding packaging) — hidden inside the car’s door panels and rear compartment. Two men from Churachandpur, Manipur — Gogou Suantak (33) and Seilun Vaiphei (39) — were arrested;…
A joint operation by central and state security teams in Thoubal district’s Lilong (Lilong Hangamthabi) led to the arrest of two alleged smugglers — Makakmayum Musharaf (27) and Ruhani (25) — and the recovery of about 2.35 kg of “World Is Yours” (WY) methamphetamine tablets, cash, mobile phones, a walkie-talkie set and other material. Local…
Manipur: During a joint operation on August 30, 2025, central and state police forces arrested three alleged drug smugglers and seized approximately 3 kilograms of brown sugar—a crude form of heroin—across three locations in Manipur’s northern districts. The contraband, estimated to be worth around ₹15 crore in the international black market, was concealed in soap…
Manipur Police carried out two coordinated operations on August 26–27, 2025: they arrested a 26-year-old active cadre of the proscribed outfit PREPAK (PRO) — identified as Nongmaithem Naocha Meetei — in Imphal East, and in a separate operation in Jiribam recovered a significant cache of arms and equipment including a 7.62mm SLR, a 5.56mm INSAS…