India, April 20 -- A combined team of Manipur police and central forces arrested seven underground cadres, including a juvenile, of a proscribed outfit, in Thoubal district, in a joint counter-insurgency operation conducted around 2.20 am on Sunday.

Police said that the arrested individuals were allegedly affiliated with the proscribed outfit Kangleipak Communist Party-People's War Group (KCP-PWG). They have been identified as Waikhom Tinku (28); Md. Riwas alias Pat of Porompat, Imphal East; a 15-year-old juvenile; Angom Bobi alias Wataba (33) of Nongada; Ningthoujam Chaoba Singh alias Hingchaba (38) of Thongju; Laishangthem Tomba alias Thabal of Thoubal Laishangthem; and Md. Sirajuddin alias Kham (45) of Phoidel Moirangpali.

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