Imphal: Manipur police on Friday arrested a suspected militant belonging to a newly floated rebel outfit from the Kwakeithel area in Imphal, officials said.
The arrested rebel identified as Paikhomba Wahengbam, 30, was the founder of the newly-formed insurgent group Coalition for Liberation with Globalisation of Kangleipak (COLIGK), they said.
Imphal West’s Superintendent of Police Ksh Shivakanta said police had received information about the group, and that it was trying to extort money from educational institutions, hospitals and other organisations.
Acting on specific information, an operation was launched and Wahengbam was nabbed from his rented house, he said.
According to an official, he told police that he was trying to extort money from at least 40 colleges, as well as the director of the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) and the state-run Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS).
Police said they seized a printer, extortion letters, foreign currencies and two mobile phones from him. A case was lodged against him.
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