Imphal, March 15 -- Manipur Police arrested one cadre of the proscribed People's Liberation Army (PLA), the armed wing of the banned Revolutionary People's Front (RPF) in a flash operation in the southern Kakching district on Friday.

The police said that acting on intelligence-oriented input from their sources concerning extortion drives, a team of the Anti-Extortion Cell of the Manipur police commandos conducted the flash operation at a hinted spot.

The cordon and search operation launched at Langmeidong village under the Waikhong police station that lasted around 2 hours winded up with the capture of the PLA activist.

Police identified the activist as Thokchom Diamond Meitei @ Tamthouba (26) a resident of Langmeidong Mamang Leikai, K...