Imphal, Feb. 27 -- Security forces apprehended six suspected Kuki Village volunteers and dismantled an illegal check post and bunker at Gamliphai, located between Kanglatombi and Kangpokpi in Manipur on National Highway-102 (Imphal to Dimapur) on Thursday morning.

According to a police report, the security forces made the arrests after a large group of Kuki-Zo community members launched a protest against the destruction drive.

These arrests marked the first in Kangpokpi district since the state came under President's rule on February 13.

The operation began at 4 am with a bulldozer dismantling the illegal structure and ended successfully around 9 am.

The check post and bunker had been established during the ethnic violence that erupte...