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Imphal: A joint team of central security forces and the Manipur Police arrested three alleged extortionists linked to two banned insurgent outfits during separate anti-insurgency operations conducted in Thoubal and Imphal West districts, officials said.

The arrests were made following intelligence-based operations carried out over a period of more than 36 hours in vulnerable areas of the two districts. Security personnel also recovered dozens of extortion-related donation cards and a two-wheeler during the raids.

In the first operation, security forces apprehended two active cadres of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party-Meeyamgi Fingang Lanmee (KCP-MFL) from Thoubal Bazar under Thoubal Po...