Imphal: The troops of the Assam Rifles and the Manipur police in a t operation nabbed a cadre belonging to  proscribed outfit United Liberation Front (UNLF) from a hideout in Manipur’s  Kakching district on Thursday, a defense statement said.

After getting corroboration from reliable sources, the Phundrei Battalion of Assam Rifles (South) and the commandos of the Hiyanglam police station launched the t operation and apprehended UNLF cadre from Wabagai Tera Pishak, Hiyanglam in Kakching District on Thursday at around 5 am.

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The t operation was launched on the basis of specific intelligence input about the presence of a suspected UNLF cadre in Wabagai Tera Pishak, the statement said.

The apprehended cadre has been identoified as self-styled 2nd Lietanant Aslam Khan alias Firoz Khan of UNLF.

The apprehended insurgent was involved in a number of unlawful activities including extortion from the general people for the proscribed group, the statement added.

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He was handed over to Hiyanglam Police Station for further legal proceedings, the statement added.