New Delhi: The Delhi Police’s special cell has reportedly thwarted a bid to murder Manipur’s Chief Minister N Biren Singh, and took into custody a suspected militant from south Delhi on Tuesday. The suspect has been recognized as Oinam Ibochouba Singh aka Khoirangba. He is the 'acting chairman' of the Kangleipak Communist Party. This party is a banned organisation located in Manipur.

 Times of India reported, the operation to foil the scheme was leading light by DCP Sanjeev Yadav and this team, the police said.

Yadav stated TOI that Khoirangba was preparing to set up a base in New Delhi for his mission. Earlier in August the suspect had allegedly declared his plans to slay Biren and three Manipur ministers, in an audio tape.

The police had launched a look for the suspect after the clip had been circulating. Yadav told TOI that the Delhi Police had received information from their Manipur counterparts that Khoirangba was hiding in the national capital.

A special team tracked the suspect and found that he had been spotted in the Indo-Nepal border area in a place called Sanauli. In addition the police were stationed in south Delhi in areas like Kotla and Munirka. The police got input on August 28 that the suspect would meet a helper in Kotla Mubarakpur. At last, he was located near a temple and detained, media reports stated .Khoirangba has been earlier held in 2010 by the Assam Police under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. He also went to jail,