Imphal, June 29 -- Assam Rifles (AR), maintaining a close vigil along the porous Indo-Myanmar border in the Manipur sector, apprehended an alleged cadre of the proscribed People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Saturday, according to a defence wing report released on Sunday.

Acting on intelligence inputs from across the border near Border Pillar 87 in Songtang village, AR personnel laid an ambush and captured the suspected insurgent.

The individual was later identified as Moirangthem Sanathoi Singh, 23, a resident of Heirok Part-I in Manipur's Thoubal district.

Authorities later transferred the arrestee to the Manipur police for further legal proceedings.

The arrest came shortly after security forces carried out a successful counter-insurge...