Guwahati, June 22 -- Reported by Bit Irom

Imphal: Security forces and Manipur Police have arrested several alleged extortion operatives linked to proscribed insurgent organisations during a series of coordinated operations conducted across the state over the past 36 hours.

According to police, the crackdown targeted members of the Kangleipak Communist Party-People's War Group (KCP-PWG), the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), and the Revolutionary People's Front/People's Liberation Army (RPF/PLA).

In one operation carried out in Imphal West district, police arrested Thangmangjam Naoba Singh, alias Pamuba, an alleged KCP-PWG member. The 31-year-old, a resident of Mayang Langjing Tamang, was taken into custody from his r...