Before the unrest in the state, Gangte was working as a teacher at VN Model School, Kwakta since 2018. After the violence in Kwakta, he left the town with his family and started living in one of the relief camps in Churachandpur.
On September 16, the NIA had arrested PLA operative Moirangthem Anand Singh (45), along with four men, from Konga near Meitei Mayek School in Imphal East for allegedly wearing a camouflage uniform and possessing an INSAS rifle, an SLR, two 0.303 rifles, and magazines and ammunition.
The ancestral home of Manipur CM N Biren Singh came under attack as an angry mob broke curfew, but the situation was brought under control immediately.
In response, Manipur DGP Rajiv Singh Thursday constituted a two-member committee headed by IGP (Adm) K Jayanta Singh to look into such complaints and allegations and submit a report.