Guwahati, June 28 -- In a series of coordinated operations, Manipur Police have arrested multiple individuals linked to militant outfits and seized large quantities of illegal liquor and arms, as part of their ongoing efforts to maintain law and order across the state.

This comes amid tensions as two separate incidents of gun violence were reported last week, leaving an elderly Meitei farmer injured and a Kuki woman dead, affecting both communities.

According to officials, a gun attack took place in the afternoon at Phubala village in Bishnupur district, where a 60-year-old farmer identified as Ningthoujam Biren sustained a bullet injury to his arm. Biren was working in his paddy field when multiple rounds were allegedly fired from near...