Imphal, January 19 2009: Seven cadres of the proscribed KCP including five top-ranking leaders have been apprehended in a meticulously planned and well executed operation code named "Operation Grand Slam" by a combined security team on January 17 at Delhi.

In a well coordinated move among officials of 57 Mountain Division, Bishnupur police commandos and Special Branch Delhi Police the KCP leaders along with two lady cadres were arrested from the national capital, informed PIB (Defence Wing) in a statement.

The apprehended leaders include N Amumacha Singh, Chongtham Manglemjao Singh alias KK Nganba alias Chaoba alias Koi alias Irabot, Chongtham Ibomcha Singh, Chongtham Ningtamba Singh s/o KK Nganba and Ng Ratan Singh.

Two women cadres involved in extortion were also arrested along with the leaders.

N Amumacha was nominated president of the newly unified group of KCP (Mangang, City Meitei and Lamphel) factions.

He was trained in the first PLA training course conducted in China.

Chongtham Manglemjao alias KK Nganba was nominated general secretary, Home secretary and foreign secretary whereas Ibomcha, leader of KCP (Lamphel) group) was given the designation of collector.

Chongtham Ningtamba was nominated military head of political section while Ng Ratan was given the post of deputy finance secretary of the newly unified group, conveyed PIB (DW) .

It said that troops of 57 Mountain Division have been generating specific and continuous intelligence regarding presence of top leaders of KCP (Mangang) and KCP (Lamphel) factions at New Delhi.

Leaders of these groups were meeting at Delhi in their efforts to materialise unification of the splintered groups of KCP Mangang, KCP Lamphel and KCP City Meitei.

Acting on the specific intelligence inputs, a joint team of officials of 57 Mountain Division and Bishnupur police commandos were sent to Delhi to carry out the operation.

At Delhi, the team was joined by personnel of the Delhi Police Special Branch who provided vital support to the crucial operation.

Covert surveillance of the suspected house over a period of time confirmed presence of the rebel leaders and vital inputs were obtained from records of their telephone calls.

On positive confirmation of a meeting being conducted, a swift and well coordinated operation was launched in two locations at New Delhi and it proved a great accomplishment with the arrest of the five KCP leaders and two women cadres.

Further interrogation of these leaders revealed that the house in which they were staying was a hideout of the group in Delhi and the group was planning to disrupt the forthcoming Republic Day celebrations.

It has also been confirmed that Chongtham Ibomcha was the main mediator working for unification of KCP Mangang, Lamphel and City Meitei factions.

Explicit details of extortion and draft press release of the unification to be released on January 26 have also been recovered from the Delhi hideout.

Informing that not a single bullet was fired and no injury was caused to any civilian, it asserted that Operation Grand Slam, coordinated by 57 Mountain Division was a huge success.

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