Manipur: Leader of Newly formed Freedom fighter group nabbed in Imphal

Freedom Fighter Group Nabbed

Imphal: Freedom Fighter Group Nabbed,  Manipur police on Friday arrested a suspected militant belonging to a new insurgent outfit from the Kokithal area of ​​Imphal, officials said.

The arrested rebel has been identified as 30-year-old Paikhomba Wahengbam, who was the founder of the newly formed rebel group Coalition for Liberation with Globalization of Kangleipak (COLIGK), he said.

Imphal West Superintendent of Police Ksh Shivakanta said the police had received information about the group, and that it was trying to extort money from educational institutions, hospitals and other organizations.
Acting on specific information, an operation was launched and Wahengbam was nabbed from his rented house, he said.

According to an official, he told the police that he tried to extort money from at least 40 colleges as well as the director of the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) and the government-run Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS).

Police said they recovered a printer, extortion letters, foreign currency and two mobile phones from him.