New Delhi, April 30 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested a prime accused in the 2023 killing of a Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) in an attack by suspected Kuki militants in Manipur.

The accused, Otkhothang Baite, alias Othang Baite, a resident of Moreh in Tengnoupal district of Manipur, was involved in the conspiracy behind the attack by members of a suspected Kuki militant group on a district police team in a playground. The militants had opened fire at the district police team on 31st October 2023 during the peak of ethnic violence in the north-eastern state.

Moreh SDPO Chingtham Anandakumar Singh was hit by a bullet in his stomach in the attack and succumbed to his injuries. The Moreh police had regis...