Imphal: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested one of the miscreants involved in the 2024 attack on IRB post in Moreh area of Tegnoupal district, Manipur, that killed one policeman and injured two others.
Thangminlar Mate alias Lenin Mate, a resident of Tegnoupal, was nabbed in Silchar, Assam, on Sunday. Mate’s affiliation to any militant group is not clear yet, said an NIA press release on Monday.
The attack was carried out by miscreants on January 17 last year, resulting in the death of one Manipur Police personnel. Two other policemen were also seriously injured in the attack.
The Silchar court has given NIA the transit remand custody of the accused, the first person to be arrested in the case RC-05/2024/NIA/IMP, for production before the agency’s Special Court in Guwahati.
“NIA is continuing with its probe in the case,” the release said.
