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Imphal: A joint security team arrested an alleged insurgent recruiter, a vehicle lifter and two cadres of a banned outfit in separate operations across Manipur's valley districts, police said on Thursday.

The operations were carried out by Manipur Police's Anti-Insurgency Squad (AIS) along with central security forces based on intelligence inputs regarding the movement of anti-social elements.

In the first operation, the team arrested an active cadre recruiter of the proscribed People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) from the Mantripukhri area under Heingang Police Station in Imphal East district. The arrested person was identified as Laishram Surjit Meitei alias Nanao (29), a reside...