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Assam Rifles troops nab NSCN (K) militant in Nagaland

| @indiablooms | Feb 18, 2019, at 11:16 pm

Guwahati, Feb 18 (IBNS): Security forces apprehended a hardcore militant of banned NSCN (K) in Nagaland’s Mon district on Monday.

Based on specific input regarding the presence of a NSCN (K) militant, the Mon battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) launched an operation at Mon town and apprehended the militant.

The nabbed militant was identified as Peter Konyak and security personnel recovered one point 22mm pistol and two rounds of live ammunition from his possession.

The apprehendee was handed over to Mon police station for further investigation.

 

 

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)


 

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