Kohima, May 29 (MExN): Responding to specific information about presence of some armed miscreants venturing openly with the intention to carryout attack on Security Forces in the area of City Convention Centre, Imphal East District, Army mobilised columns to establish multiple Mobile Vehicle Check Posts (MVCP) in the area on May 28.
PRO (Defence), Kohima & Imphal in a press release stated that at around 7:30 pm, an MVCP noticed a suspected passenger car approaching with four passengers in it. On being challenged, the miscreants got down from the car and attempted to flee into bylanes of the colony. Three miscreants were apprehended by the alert troops on ground. “This timely act by the troops on ground could save occurrence of a major untoward incident in the area,” it stated.
An INSAS Rifle with Magazine, sixty rounds of 5.56mm ammunition, one Chinese hand grenade and one Detonator were also recovered. All three miscreants with weapon and ammunition were later handed over to Manipur Police, the PRO added.
