Vehicle lifter mastermind arrested in Manipur

Imphal: After the arrest of two vehicle lifters from Senapati on March 16 by a team of Imphal West District Police with the assistance from Senapati District Police, the same team of Imphal West Police team nabbed a vehicle lifter on Saturday.

The person was identified as Letgulen Khongsai, 24, a co-accused and was wanted in a case under 379/34 IPC.

“This person is considered to be a mastermind behind running the theft operations across Manipur,” a police report said.

The name of Letgulen Khongsai was revealed by the two accused persons as he was the mastermind behind it, it added.

The police team arrested the person at around 00:15 hrs from a rented house Phumgtil Veng, Ward no. 15, Kangpokpi.

The combined team also recovered one Bolero (allegedly stolen) from his rented house. The accused has been brought back to Imphal West, the police report said.

So far five persons have been arrested and two bolero vehicles have been seized, it added.