India, May 11 -- A 27-year-old militant wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with a 2021 ambush on an Assam Rifles convoy that killed five people was arrested in Manipur, police said on Sunday.

The "active cadre" of the proscribed People's Liberation Army (PLA) - Sagolshem Sanatomba Singh, a resident of Tentha village in Thoubal district - was nabbed from Wangbal Maning Leikai during a targeted operation by the Manipur police on Saturday, an officer said.

"Sanatomba is named in a case investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). A mobile phone and two SIM cards were recovered from his possession during the arrest," a statement issued by the Manipur police control room said.

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