NIA probing Arambai Tenggol chief for attack on security personnel, arms loot

The National Investigation Agency has been probing two cases of attack on security personnel and arms loot involving the chief of Arambai Tenggol, an armed Meitei militia group.

The group is alleged to have orchestrated violence against the Kuki-Zo community since the beginning of the ethnic violence in Manipur in May 2023.

The two cases against Korounganba Khuman, the chief of Arambai Tenggol, are among the eight proceedings related to violence in Manipur that the Supreme Court transferred from the special National Investigation Agency court in Imphal to Guwahati on Tuesday, reported Hindustan Times.

The probe agency had appealed to the top court to transfer the cases as the investigation was getting “jeopardised” in Imphal due to violence in the state.

“The safety and security of accused persons could be at grave peril as the mobs are trying to interfere and disrupting work of investigator,” said the agency.

Regarding Khuman, the National Investigation Agency alleged that he led a large number of Arambai Tenggol cadre “wearing camouflaged dress, Manipur Police uniform and black colour shirts” to gather at Palace Compound in Imphal East on November 1, 2023.

When they were stopped by the Imphal East police at the palace gate, the group “fired at the police” and “overpowered the local police”.

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