NEW DELHI: Safety forces in Manipur, on Saturday, arrested 4 militants linked to banned teams for allegedly finishing up extortion. In Thoubal district, officers picked up a person from his residence in Itham Awang on Friday after weapons have been present in his possession. Police stated they recovered an SLR rifle with 12 rounds and two wi-fi units. A day earlier, three energetic cadres of the banned Folks’s Liberation Military have been arrested from Keishampat Thouda Bhabok Leikai in Imphal West. The trio was concerned in extortion. A pistol, ammunition and paperwork linked to the outfit have been seized from them. Safety forces additionally arrested a member of the proscribed Prepak group from Luwangsangbam in Imphal East on Thursday. He was accused of demanding cash from residents within the valley areas. Search operations have been ongoing throughout the state as Manipur continues to grapple with the ethnic violence that started two years in the past. Greater than 260 individuals have been killed and hundreds displaced since clashes between Meiteis and Kuki-Zo teams broke out in Could 2023. The Heart imposed president’s rule in Manipur on 13 February. The state meeting, whose time period runs until 2027, is at the moment beneath suspended animation.