Imphal, March 15 -- Nine people, including six militants, were arrested in Manipur in separate incidents during intelligence-based combing and search operations aimed at curbing extortion and other criminal activities in the state, police said.

Police officers said four militants belonging to the banned underground outfit Kangleipak Communist Party (Taibanganba), or the KCP (Taibanganba) faction, were arrested on Friday from their respective residences. They were allegedly involved in collecting bribes from contract staff nurses at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal.

The arrested cadres were identified as Sinam Umakanta Singh (43) from Changangei Makha Leikai, RK Heramot Singh (45) from Lamboi Khongnangkhong Ma...