Manipur rebel arrested from Delhi hotel

NEW DELHI: In an intelligence-backed operation, RK Regan Singh aka Gandhi, a wanted militant belonging to People's Liberation Army, Manipur, has been arrested from a hotel in south Delhi.

PLA is a separatist militant group fighting for the creation of an independent and socialist Manipur.Confirming the arrest, special commissioner HGS Dhaliwal said that Gandhi's family members were the founders of the outfit. He was questioned about his presence in the capital before being handed over to Manipur Police.Acting on a tip-off, the crime branch set up technical surveillance and local intelligence gathering. The initial trail pointed toward the AIIMS area but it yielded nothing.Officers faced a major problem as they didn't have a photograph of militant. However, they managed to zero in on him in Yusuf Sarai.