Police in Kangpokpi district fired blank shots in the air on Tuesday to disperse agitators demanding the unconditional release of the village chairman who was arrested on Monday evening on the charge of possessing an IED.
Police said security had been strengthened in view of the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Manipur on Tuesday. During a frisking operation, a team of police commandos nabbed an alleged insurgent identified as Maibam Dhanachandra of Leikanthabi, said to be a cadre of the banned Revolutionary People’s Front, on Monday.
