“The arrest came close on the heels of the arrest of another accused, Thanglienlal Hmar by a joint NIA-Assam police team yesterday, also from Aizawl,” the statement issued by the probe agency said.

Three women and three children were abducted and brutally murdered by militants in Borebekra area of Jiribam district of Manipur on November 11, last year, it said.

The bodies were disposed of in the Barak River. Like Thanglienlal, Lalrosang was also an active conspirator in the heinous crime, the NIA said.

NIA has recovered a mobile phone, along with a SIM card from him, and is examining the same as part of its continuing investigation in the case, the statement said. PTI AKV OZ OZ