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.