Imphal, Sept. 10 -- A local court remanded eight cadres of the Kuki Liberation Army (KLA) to police custody until September 14, following their arrest by a combined security team in Gampum village in Manipur's Kangpokpi district on September 7.

The cadres, apprehended with a cache of arms and ammunition, were produced before the Judicial Magistrate, Imphal East, under tight security. Due to prevailing tensions in Saikul and Kangpokpi, authorities initially detained them at a Central forces camp.

Sources indicate the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to seek formal custody of the cadres in connection with ongoing Manipur violence cases.

Meanwhile, the apex Kuki body, Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), strongly condemned the detentions...