Manipur's People's Liberation Army reaches out to Maoists, J&K militants

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Manipur's People's Liberation Army reaches out to Maoists, J&K militants

The Delhi Police on Friday claimed that the banned People's Liberation Army of Manipur was conspiring to form a 'strong united front' against India along with the Maoists and the Kashmir-based militants.

The nexus came to light following the arrest of two militants of the outfit. N. Dilip Sing and Arun Kumar Singh Salam were nabbed from Paharganj on October 1.

They had been in the Capital for four days and had submitted their identity documents to the owner of the hotel they were staying in. On the basis of information provided by the duo, the Manipur Police arrested three more persons in Imphal.

Dilip, 51, is the head of the PLA's external affairs wing while Arun, 36, is a lieutenant. The special cell said Dilip came to Delhi from the North-East while Arun came from Pune, where he runs a travel agency.

Following the arrests, the Pune police raided Arun's house and seized a laptop and documents containing, among other things, PLA's proceedings in code language and information on intelligence units and security forces. Books on Maoist ideology, guerrilla warfare, battle psychology and counter insurgency were also seized.

"They came to Delhi as both had been instructed by their superiors to discuss the modalities regarding providing logistics, weapons and communication training to the Maoists," special commissioner (special cell) P.N. Aggrawal said.

"The PLA had also provided logistics, training, weapons and communication system to the CPI (Maoist) and had trained their cadre in Jharkhand and Orissa in 2009 and 2010, besides planning to conduct two training camps for the Maoists next year in Myanmar," he added.

The special cell said the laptop and documents seized from the duo revealed that the PLA and the Maoists had agreed on a joint declaration intending to form a 'Strategic United Front' to extend support to each other in their struggle to overthrow the government at the Centre.

After the formation of such a front, their intention was to form a 'Strong United Front' that would include the CPI (Maoist) and the militant outfits in the North-East and Kashmir.

"We also seized documents detailing the PLA's daily expenditure on each individual," a police officer said.

Dilip had joined the PLA's armed wing as a sepoy in 1988 and was promoted to the rank of Captain in 2009. Arun joined the outfit in 1997 as a sepoy and became a lieutenant this June.

Manipur's People's Liberation Army reaches out to Maoists, J&K militants : North: News India Today

 

[jdme]

MLA has like 10 members (more spokesperson than militants) and considering the success of "freedom fighters" in Kashmir, their future only looks bleaker.

 

[IndoCarib]

They should reach out to Arundhati Roy too.

Anti national forces working in tandem. Whoever thought Maoists are fighting for the poor and the down trodden should get their brain scanned.

 

[jdme]

They should reach out to Arundhati Roy too.

Anti national forces working in tandem. Whoever thought Maoists are fighting for the poor and the down trodden should get their brain scanned.

Well that's how it started but now it's all about power.

 

[IndoCarib]

Well that's how it started but now it's all about power.

This Robin hood image has always been their facade. They were power hungry right from the beginning, not to mentions sadists.

 

[asad71]

People's Liberation Army of Manipur
From Wikipedia


The People's Liberation Army (PLA) was founded by N. Bisheswar Singh on September 25, 1978. It is a separatist armed revolutionary group fighting for a separate independent socialist state of Manipur. It was the first organization from Manipur to have been trained by the China's People Liberation Army at Lhasa in the eighties. It was also trained by the NSCN in Myanmar during this time.
Since its founding, it has been waging a guerrilla based warfare against the Indian Armed Forces and has targeted the Indian Army, Paramilitary Forces and the State Police Force. However during the late nineties, it declared a unilateral decision not to target the Manipur Police.
The death of some top leaders in combat (like President Thoudam Kunjabehari in 1982), and the arrest of others (like N. Bishewar, arrested in 1981) decreased its military activity in the eighties. In 1989, a political wing called the Revolutionary People's Front (RPF) was formed. The RPF formed a government in exile in Bangladesh, led by Irengbam Chaoren, and began a restructuring of the organisation. The Organization become very active. Its operation was divided into four sections: Sadar Valley West Hill areas of Manipur, Sadar Hill areas in the east Valley, Hill areas of Manipur and Imphal valley, each with a commander, and other ranks.
The organization has an estimated strength of some 3800 as on 2008.
PLA is also a member of the Manipur Peoples Liberation Front, an umbrella organization of three separatist organization of Manipur namely UNLF and PREPAK
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Their flag is red with the emblem on the center.

 

[harpoon]

This Robin hood image has always been their facade. They were power hungry right from the beginning, not to mentions sadists.

Their biggest source of income is said to be extortion from mining companies working inside their fiefdom.

 

[AvidSpice]

With ULFA and NSCN already on the table, these guys soon will join in!

 

[Urbanized Greyhound]

This wont benefit these traitors in any way . Rather now they will face such heat from security forces that their organization will crumble into dust. Another fledgling threat destroyed before it could fully materialize