Manipur-based KCP-PWG terrorist arrested by Delhi Police

The Delhi Polices Special Cell has arrested a 37yearold member of Manipurbased banned terrorist outfit Kangleipak Communist Party KCPPWG for allegedly threatening and extorting businessmen and influential people police said SaturdayThe accused Moirangthem Rana Pratap alias Paikhomba selfstyled general secretary of the banned outfit was arrested from Bishnupur area on September 4 they said He along with his associates was allegedly threatening and extorting money from businessmen and influential people said Sanjeev Kumar Yadav the Deputy Commissioner of Police Special CellEarlier on August 28 Oinam Ibochouba Singh alias Khoirangba a top commander and selfstyled acting chairman of the banned outfit was arrested from south Delhis Kotla Mubarakpur area he said Police said it was Paikhomba who had directed Khoirangba to go to Delhi and set up a base here to conduct their activitiesOn his directions Khoirangba had allegedly given threats to the Manipur chief minister the senior officer said Khoirangba was in the process of setting up a base in Delhi allegedly to carry out antinational activities He had allegedly threatened Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and some other ministers the DCP added Paikhomba is also wanted by the National Investigative Agency NIA and a reward of Rs 2 lakh was declared on his arrest by the agency the officer said During interrogation Paikhomba confessed about his involvement in terrorist activities in ManipurThe accused was earlier arrested by the Assam Police under the Unlawful Activities Act in 2005 in Thangal Bazar area in west Imphal the officer added After releasing from jail the accused continued his illegal activities and in order to escape police he went to Nepal where he married a local girl and set up his base in Nepals Pokhra he said The accused used to extort money from different government authorities local businessmen and private schools by threatening them with demand letters sent through overgroundworkers OGW in Manipur the DCP saidThe OGWs used to collect the extortion money from victims and further distributed the same among different offices of the banned outfit the DCP added The accused also received his share from the extorted money He was living in Nepal since last five years and later shifted his base from Nepal to Bareilly in UP from where he directed his aide Khoirangba to set up a base in Delhi to carry to his alleged antinational activities the officer saidHe has been brought to Delhi on transit remand from Manipur the officer added KCP People War Group was formed in January 2016 by a combined extremist group of KCPPoirei faction KCPTamnganba faction and KCPPaikhomba faction under the chairmanship of Laishram Ranjit Meetei In January 2017 the Special Cell arrested the selfstyled convener of KCPPWG Ranjeet Singh Porai alias Rocky and in August 2017 busted a module of KCPPWG with the arrest of top leadership including commanderinchief of KCPTamnganba faction Laishram Ranjit MeiteiCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever