Imphal, April 20 -- A joint team of the central and state forces arrested ten cadres of separate underground groups from various hideouts during a series of operations in the four valley districts of Manipur during the past 36 hours.

The state police control room reported that the arrestees had carried out extortion activities to raise their party fund in the 4 valley districts - Imphal East, Bishnupur, Kakching, and Imphal West during the past few months.

The arrested cadres are one from Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP Taibangangba), one from KCP-People's War Group, two from KCP-Meeyamgi Feengang Lanmee, one from People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (Prepak-Progressive), one from Prepak, one from Kanglei Yaol Kanna Lup, one from ...