India, Nov. 2 -- Security forces have arrested nine militants, including a juvenile, belonging to different banned underground outfits from various parts of Manipur over the past 48 hours for their alleged involvement in extortion and other criminal activities, police said on Sunday.

According to police, two cadres of the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), five cadres of the Revolutionary People's Front/People's Liberation Army (RPF/PLA), including a juvenile, and one each from the Kangleipak Communist Party-People's War Group [KCP (PWG)] and Kangleipak Communist Party [KCP (Ibungo Ngangom)] factions were arrested.

Two active cadres of PREPAK were nabbed from Imphal West and Bishnupur districts in Manipur. "Pebam Nikes...