AR, Manipur police nab two in IED blast

Imphal: Assam Rifles(AR) and Manipur police have apprehended two persons for their alleged involvement in the November 13 IED blast in Chandel that claimed the lives of two AR personnel.

Assam Rifles in a release today said the two arrested are members of proscribed militant outfit People s Liberation Army (PLA) and have “confessed to their crime”.

“Items used to execute the action have also been seized,” it said. The release said the proscribed militant outfit have been luring financially weak and unemployed youths to carry out anti-national activities.