IMPHAL: (Jun 30) Three militants belonging to different proscribed outfits have been arrested by security forces in Manipur’s Imphal West and East districts, police said on Monday.

An insurgent belonging to the banned People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was arrested from Lamdeng Awang Leikai in Imphal West district on Sunday, a police statement said.

He has been identified as Yumnam Premkumar Singh (31), and was involved in extortion from elected representatives such as panchayat pradhans and members, as well as from private and government schools in the district.