Imphal, May 17 -- Security forces have recovered a large cache of arms, ammunition, and explosives from abandoned insurgent hideouts in Imphal East and Kakching districts of Manipur.

The operations, carried out over the past 24 hours, were based on specific intelligence inputs regarding the presence of insurgent activity near Kharungpat Lake and the Buffalo Farm area in Kakching, as well as Nungjengbi Urup Hills under the jurisdiction of Irilbung Police Station in Imphal East.

According to officials, although no arrests were made during the intensive four-hour cordon-and-search operation, the recovered weaponry points to a potentially serious threat that was effectively neutralized. The operation has been hailed as a timely move to prev...