New Delhi, 19th May 2025: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested one of the miscreants involved in the 2024 attack on IRB post in Moreh area of Tegnopal district, Manipur, that killed one policeman and injured two others.
Thangminlar Mate @ Lenin Mate, a resident of Tegnopal, was nabbed in Silchar, Assam, on Sunday. Mate’s affiliation to any militant group is not clear yet.
The attack was carried out by miscreants on 17th January last year, resulting in the death of one Manipur Police personnel. Two other policemen were also seriously injured in the attack.
The Silchar court has given NIA the transit remand custody of the accused, the first person to be arrested in the case RC-05/2024/NIA/IMP, for production before the agency’s Special Court in Guwahati.
NIA is continuing with its probe in the case.
