India, March 23 -- Security forces, along with Manipur Police, arrested 15 militants, including a 17-year-old, belonging to two banned underground organisations in separate operations, and recovered seven explosives, including an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade), in Manipur's Churachandpur district, officials said on Monday.

According to an official statement, Manipur Police on Sunday, acting on specific intelligence inputs about the presence of militants, launched a counter-insurgency operation in the Haokha area under Nongpok Sekmai police station in Thoubal district.

During the operation, 14 cadres of the banned underground outfit United National Liberation Front (Koireng faction) were detained and arrested from the spot.

The United N...