New Delhi, 23rd SEPTEMBER,2023: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested Moirangthem Anand Singh in a case related to a transnational conspiracy by Myanmar based leadership of terror outfits to wage a war against the Govt. of India by exploiting the current ethnic unrest in the State of Manipur. The case was registered suo moto by the NIA on 19.7.2023 at New Delhi.

Investigation of RC 23/2023/NIA/DLI by NIA revealed that , in furtherance of the conspiracy hatched by the leadership based in Myanmar of insurgent groups / proscribed terrorist Organizations are recruiting Over Ground Workers ( OGWs), cadres and sympathisers to augment the strength to carry out attacks on security forces and opposing ethnic groups by exploiting current unrest in the state of Manipur. And for this purpose, the aforementioned leadership are collecting arms, ammunitions and explosives by unlawful means, including plunder and pillage of government facilities and resources.

The said accused was brought to New Delhi after his arrest and produced before the Jurisdictional Court on 23.09.2023. The Court has remanded the accused to Police custody for a period of five days till 27/09/2023.

Further Investigations in the case are in progress.