Four militants of two banned outfits have been arrested in two Imphal Valley districts of Manipur, police said in a statement on Saturday (August 8, 2026). Also read | NSCN(K) militant arrested in Manipur’s TamenglongAll the insurgents were arrested on Friday (August 7) for their alleged involvement in extortion. Two cadres of the banned outfit SOREPA were arrested from the locality of their residence in Kakching Khunou Umathel Awang Leikai in Waikhong police station area in Kakching district, the statement said. A 25-year-old cadre of the militant outfit People's Liberation Army (PLA) was apprehended from Seijang Awang in Imphal East district. A hand grenade, an empty INSAS rifle magazine and three empty rifle cartridge cases were seized from his residence.