Imphal, Jan. 26 -- Ahead of the Republic Day celebration, Manipur police arrested two suspected cadres of the proscribed People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak-Progressive, (PREPAK-Pro) in an operation in Manipur's Bishnupur district.

Two .32 pistols with magazines, five demand letters, a four-wheeler, and two mobile handsets were recovered from them.

According to the police report, acting on a tip-off from theirintelligence sources that some underground cadres were trying to carry out anti-social activities ahead of the R-Day, a team of the Imphal West district police raided a hideout in the Lamphel area of the Imphal West district.

The operation successfully ended with the arrests of two alleged cadres of the PREPAk (P) namely Sa...