India, Oct. 2 -- Security forces have recovered a cache of weapons, including M-16 automatic assault rifles, and communication devices in separate operations in ethnic violence-hit Manipur and arrested a member of a banned underground outfit, people aware of the matter said on Thursday.

Mobs looted over 6,000 weapons after the protracted violence erupted in the state on May 3, 2023. The violence has left over 260 people dead and more than 60,000 displaced.

The Manipur Police recovered one 9 mm SMG carbine with magazine, a 12-bore single-barreled gun, a 12-bore double-barreled gun, a locally made barrel gun, two 9 mm pistols each with a magazine, a .45 pistol with a magazine, a .32 pistol with a magazine, and two rounds of 9 mm live ammu...