Imphal, April 30 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested a resident of Moreh, a prime suspect, in connection with the murder of Chingtham's sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) in 2023.

SDPO (Moreh) Chingtham Anand Kumar, officer in charge of the Moreh police station, was overseeing the cleaning of the grounds for the construction of a helipad at a school ground in Moreh, a commercial town near the boundary with Myanmar, when he was shot at with a sniper rifle from some distance.

The wounded officer was rushed to a nearby health centre and later airlifted to Imphal, 130 km away, where he succumbed to his injuries.

A statement issued by the agency on Thursday said that the Manipur Police Service (MPS) officer was...