But its cadres were spotted at [[Pallel]] in September, dressed in police commando uniforms, attempting to break through security check posts. Some of them also fired on the security forces, resulting in gunshot injuries to an Army major.<ref>
PTI, [https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/manipur-death-toll-in-pallel-violence-rises-to-three-with-one-more-succumbing-to-injuries/cid/1964884 Manipur: Death Toll in Pallel violence rises to three with one more succumbing to injuries], The Telegraph (India), 9 September 2023.
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Secessionist Meitei insurgent groups,{{efn|Eight major insurgent organisations of Manipur are [[People's Liberation Army of Manipur]] (PLA) and its political wing Revolutionary People's Front (RPF), [[United National Liberation Front]] (UNLF) and its armed wing Manipur People's Army (MPA), [[People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak]] (PREPAK) and its armed wing the Red Army, [[Kangleipak Communist Party]] (KCP) and its armed wing also called the Red Army, [[Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup]] (KYKL), Coordination Committee (Cor-Com), [[Alliance for Socialist Unity Kangleipak]] (ASUK) and [[Manipur People's Liberation Front]] (MPLF).<ref name="TOI rebels"/>}} having previously escaped to Myanmar due to Indian counter-insurgency operations, are believed to have returned to Manipur in the midst of violence and begun to conduct operations against the Kuki-Zo villages.<ref name="Scroll return"/> In September, one militant was arrested, along with four other civilians, for travelling with illegal arms wearing police uniforms. After the court granted him bail, he was rearrested by the [[National Investigation Agency]] (NIA) and taken to Delhi. Subsequently NIA issued a public warning stating that Myanmar-based insurgent groups were organising to wage a war against India by exploiting the ethnic clashes.<ref name="TOI rebels">
Prabin Kalita, [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/myanmar-based-indian-rebels-trying-to-exploit-unrest-to-wage-war-nia/articleshow/103900632.cms Myanmar-based rebels trying to exploit Manipur unrest to wage war, says NIA], The Times of India, 24 September 2023.