Two shot dead, eight nabbed

IMPHAL, Feb 14: Following tip-off about movement of UGs in Maringthel area in Chandel district, troops of 29 Assam Rifles of 26 sector under HQ IGAR (South) laid an ambush and gunned down two UG cadres at about 1 pm today.While the AR troops were trying to stop the two cadres the latter duo fired at them and in retaliation the two cadres were killed recovering two 7.65 pistol, 4 live rounds, six Chinese Grenade and three fired cases from the slain cadres, said a release issued by HQ IGAR (South).In another incident, one UNLF cadre who was travelling by a Maruti van was ap- prehended by the same troops at a Mobile check post established at Sita-Tengnoupal road junction on February 13.The incident occurred when the apprehended person coming from Moreh tried to evade frisking at the check post. The apprehen-dee identified as P Momoda Singh (24) s/o Lala Singh of Imphal West claimed himself as a cadre of UNLF during an interrogation, according to the release. UG cadres held: A team of Imphal East district police commandos arrested one KCP cadre identified as Moirangthem Bikram (36) s/o M Achou of Kongba Makha Nandeibam Leikai from Thambalkhong Lisham Leirak. One 9mm pistol with one magazine loaded with two live rounds were recovered from his possession. On verification, he disclosed that he joined KCP in the month of January 2009 through one Samananda of KCP. He was involved in extortion of money from general public and Government officials in Imphal East area, said a press release of Imphal East SDPO. Based on specific information, troops of 28 AR launched operation in the general area of Yairipok Awang Leikai and arrested one UNLF cadre