Imphal, July 2 -- Security forces, in coordination with the state police, have arrested a senior cadre of the proscribed outfit Kanglei Yaol Kanna Lup (KYKL) and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition during separate operations conducted across three districts of Manipur over the past 36 hours.

The arrested individual has been identified as Mutum Ibohanbi Singh, 49, a leader of the KYKL (SOREPA). He was apprehended from Andro Khuman area in Imphal East district.

Following his arrest and subsequent interrogation, joint teams of security forces and police launched targeted operations at suspected insurgent hideouts in Kangpokpi and Jiribam districts.

In Kangpokpi district, a cordon and search operation was carried out in the gene...