By Hakeem Irfan
Alleged PLA members Dilip Singh (left) and Arun Kumar.
New Delhi, Oct 8 : 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.
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