NIA takes over Manipur arms haul case
Friday - October 5, 2018 9:44 pm ,
Category : INDIA
NIA takes over Manipur arms haul case
New Delhi Oct 5 (IANS) The NIA has taken over the investigation of the seizure of a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Manipur that was recovered from a house towards May-end the anti-terror agency said on Friday.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) lodged an FIR in the case on Thursday for waging a war against the government and under the Arms Act and the Explosive Substances Act.
It took over the original case from the Manipur Police which had filed an FIR on May 22 a day after it seized huge quantities of arms and ammunition from a house at Mantripukhri Lamlongei area in Imphal and detained a woman Valley Chithung.
The police had recovered four gelatine rods four cordite wire 13 detonators one AK-47 magazine two 9mm magazines 29 AK series ammunition and Myanmar and Philippines currencies.
The NIA statement said that Valley s husband Honpam Chithung was arrested by the Manipur Police the same day and he disclosed before the police that a cache of arms and ammunition was stored at his rented house in Mantripukhri.
--IANS rak/nir
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) lodged an FIR in the case on Thursday for waging a war against the government and under the Arms Act and the Explosive Substances Act.
It took over the original case from the Manipur Police which had filed an FIR on May 22 a day after it seized huge quantities of arms and ammunition from a house at Mantripukhri Lamlongei area in Imphal and detained a woman Valley Chithung.
The police had recovered four gelatine rods four cordite wire 13 detonators one AK-47 magazine two 9mm magazines 29 AK series ammunition and Myanmar and Philippines currencies.
The NIA statement said that Valley s husband Honpam Chithung was arrested by the Manipur Police the same day and he disclosed before the police that a cache of arms and ammunition was stored at his rented house in Mantripukhri.
--IANS rak/nir
