By IANS,
New Delhi : A terrorist belonging to the outlawed Manipuri militant organization Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), who was arrested Saturday, was trying to set up a base in the national capital, police said Sunday.
Raj Kumar Raghunath Singh, 37, a self-styled captain and commander of KYKL, was arrested from South Extension in south Delhi.
Singh was wanted for many cases of murder, extortion, kidnappings and unlawful activities in Manipur.
Delhi Police had received information that Singh is visited the national capital regularly to take shelter, collect funds for the terror activities and to try and set up a base in Delhi.
“On interrogation, Singh disclosed that he joined KYKL in 1992,” said a senior police officer.
KYKL is a terrorist group formed in January 1990 following merger of the Oken faction of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), the Meiraba faction of People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and the Ibo Pishak faction of the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP).
The group claims that its efforts are to rebuild the Manipuri society by clearing it of all vices like immoral activities, drug peddling and corruption but the outfit has been dogged by allegations of extortion.
In 1996, the outfit split into two groups and after five years of rivalry they again reunited in 2002.
“Singh disclosed that the decision to merge the groups was part of an effort to unite all terror outfits in the region. The outfit has two terrorist camps in Bangladesh and one camp in Burma,” the officer added.
“The group has sophisticated weapons like AK-47, rocket launchers, SLRs (self loading rifles) etc,” the officer said.
“Towards the end of 2001, the outfit launched ‘Operation New Kangleipak’ (ONK), an anti-corruption campaign to ‘clean up’ the educational system in Manipur and to gain the publicity. While the outfit continues its activities under the ONK, it has also pledged open support to other terrorist groups,” he said.