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CBI arrests Meitei outfit Arambai Tenggol activist from Imphal airport
Published on Jun 8, 2025
By PTI
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Charred remains of a bus used for transporting central forces, which was set on fire by a mob, a day after protests erupted over the arrest of a leader of Meitei outfit Arambai Tenggol, in Imphal East district, Manipur, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (PTI Photo)
- NEW DELHI — The CBI arrested a member of Meitei outfit Arambai Tenggol (AT) on Sunday for his alleged involvement in various criminal activities related to the 2023 Manipur violence, officials said.
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- Kanan Singh was arrested by the CBI at the Imphal airport, they added.
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- He was immediately taken to Guwahati, where he will be produced before a court for his police remand.
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- "The information related to his arrest has been given to his family members," a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) spokesperson said in a statement.
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- The federal agency is probing cases related to the Manipur ethnic violence in accordance with a direction of the Supreme Court.
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- "The trials of the Manipur violence cases have been shifted from Manipur to Guwahati in view of the law-and-order situation in Manipur," the spokesperson said.
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- The situation in state capital Imphal was tense after reports of the arrest of the AT leader started circulating on Saturday.
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- The CBI statement made it clear that Singh was arrested from the Imphal airport on Sunday.
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- As a preventive measure, the administration has issued prohibitory orders in Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur and Kakching districts, while internet and mobile-data services, including VSAT and VPN facilities, have been suspended in these valley areas.
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- Protesters torched tyres and old furniture on roads in Kwakeithel and Uripok, demanding the release of the Meitei leader.
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- They clashed with security forces at different places in the state capital on Saturday night. A mob also set a bus on fire at Khurai Lamlong in Imphal East district.
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- More than 260 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic clashes between Meiteis and Kuki-Zo groups in Manipur since May 2023.
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- The Centre imposed the President's rule in the northeastern state on February 13 after Chief Minister N Biren Singh resigned.
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- The state Assembly, which has a tenure till 2027, has been put under suspended animation.
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