A group of unidentified gunmen looted arms from an outpost belonging to the India Reserve Battalion in the Thoubal district of Manipur on Saturday night, PTI reported.

The outpost is located in the Kakmayai area of Thoubal.

“On the night of 08/02/2025, around 30 armed miscreants equipped with sophisticated weapons, breached at one police outpost at Kakmayai under Thoubal District and overpowered the police personnel deployed at the post,” the Manipur Police said.

However, security personnel were able to detain one of the alleged miscreants, identified as Hijam Ningthem Singh. He was later identified as a member of banned separatist militant group Kangleipak Communist Party.

The Manipur Police on Sunday said that they recovered eight of the nine stolen weapons.

The incident came amid ethnic violence between the Meiteis and Kuki-Zomi-Hmar communities that has left at least 258 dead and displaced more than 59,000 since May 2023.

On Sunday evening, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh resigned from his post amid allegations from Kuki-Zomi-Hmar groups that his response to the violence was partisan, and that he stoked majoritarianism.