Imphal, July 30 -- Security forces arrested an alleged insurgent associated with the banned Kangleipak Communist Party-People's War Group (KCP-PWG) during an anti-insurgency operation in Manipur's Imphal West district, according to a police statement issued on Wednesday.

In a separate search operation in the same district, forces also recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition.

Acting on intelligence inputs, a joint team of central security forces and civil police apprehended an active member of the proscribed KCP-PWG, identified as Thiyam Boynao Singh (47), a resident of Yumnam Huidrom Makha Leikai, Imphal West district.

Reports indicated that the team arrested Singh near Haokip Veng, along the Mahabali River bank in Imphal East d...