NIA takes over Manipur arms seizure case
Wednesday - July 4, 2018 5:38 pm ,
Category : INDIA
NIA takes over Manipur arms seizure case
New Delhi July 4 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the probe into the arrest of two Manipur residents for carrying arms and ammunition the agency said on Wednesday.
The agency re-registered the case under the Arms Act on July 1 in compliance with a Union Home Ministry order.
The case was originally registered on May 22 at Ukhrul Police Station in Manipur a day after Assam Rifles intercepted a vehicle carrying a cache of arms and ammunition concealed in handbags.
On May 21 based on inputs the Assam Rifles checked a white Maruti Gypsy which was moving from Ukhrul towards Imphal near Lower Hungdung. Upon its search two German rifles one semi-automatic shotgun and three pistols and ammunition were recovered.
The occupants of the vehicle -- two Manipur residents identified as Honpam Chithung and Mathu Manohar -- were arrested on charges of procurement and supply of arms and ammunition to insurgent groups.
--IANS rak/mag/mr
The agency re-registered the case under the Arms Act on July 1 in compliance with a Union Home Ministry order.
The case was originally registered on May 22 at Ukhrul Police Station in Manipur a day after Assam Rifles intercepted a vehicle carrying a cache of arms and ammunition concealed in handbags.
On May 21 based on inputs the Assam Rifles checked a white Maruti Gypsy which was moving from Ukhrul towards Imphal near Lower Hungdung. Upon its search two German rifles one semi-automatic shotgun and three pistols and ammunition were recovered.
The occupants of the vehicle -- two Manipur residents identified as Honpam Chithung and Mathu Manohar -- were arrested on charges of procurement and supply of arms and ammunition to insurgent groups.
--IANS rak/mag/mr
