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“Security forces person launched extended hunt operations successful astatine slightest 4 villages, wherever incidents of unit were reported recently, successful Manipur's Kangpokpi territory and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition,” constabulary said connected Thursday (June 18, 2026).
“At slightest 30 amerciable bunkers were besides destroyed during the operations connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) astatine Leilon Vaiphei, Leilon Khunou, L Munlui and Konsakhul villages wrong the jurisdiction of the Leimakhong Police Station,” a constabulary connection said.
“Leilon Vaiphei is simply a Kuki-Zo village, wherever six Naga men were abducted connected May 13, and their bodies were recovered adjacent the colony connected June 10,” an authoritative said. “Reports of firing were besides reported from Leilon Munlui and Konsakhul successful the past fewer months,” helium said.
"During the operations, eleven 12-bore SBBLs (single-barreled breech-loading), 294 unrecorded rounds of ammunition for a 12-bore gun, 2 packages of weapon powder, 34 bare cases of 12-bore ammunition, and six bulletproof vests were recovered," the connection said.
“Thirty bunkers, outposts and strategical campy sites recovered successful the vicinity of these villages were besides dismantled during the operations, portion 4 radical were besides detained for verification,” it said.
Security forces besides destroyed an unauthorised cheque station and a bunker astatine S Nabil and Loilamkoi villages nether the Churachandpur Police Station limits successful Churachandpur territory connected Wednesday.
The constabulary had earlier said the DGP was "personally overseeing operations successful areas wherever determination has been a spurt of killings and equipped activities betwixt communities successful caller weeks". Former Chief Minister N Biren Singh, successful a station connected X, welcomed the proactive information measures launched by recently appointed Manipur DGP Mukesh Singh.
The erstwhile CM said, "It is peculiarly encouraging to spot that, aft a agelong gap, the DGP himself is personally supervising the combing operations against anti-social elements today. I genuinely admit his hands-on attack and commitment." He besides expressed assurance that with "the determined efforts of Mukesh Singh and the information forces, bid and normalcy volition beryllium restored successful Manipur astatine the earliest".
He urged each sections of nine to basal agreed and widen afloat enactment to the information forces. More than 260 radical person been killed and thousands rendered stateless successful taste unit betwixt Meiteis and Kuki-Zo groups since May 2023.
