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Terror funding: NIA likely to summon NSCN-K's army chief's wife

| @indiablooms | Oct 27, 2017, at 12:36 am
Guwahati, Oct 26 (IBNS): After seizing Rs 27.90 lakh from the house of NSCN-K's army chief Niki Sumi's wife in Nagaland's Dimapur, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to issue summons to Shelly Sumi and others in connection with terror funding, officials said.

On Oct 24, the sleuths of NIA seized Rs 27.90 lakh, 12 mobile phones, three laptops, a hard disk and several vital documents from the houses of Shelly Sumi, Shutoli, Ekeliato Yeptho and Hozhily at Naharbari basti in Dimapur.

Meanwhile, the articles and cash seized by the NIA officials were sent to Imphal and the articles were kept in the custody of relevant court.

A top official of the prime investigating agency said that,  the seizure articles were produced before the NIA court in Imphal on Wednesday.

On April 7 last, 34 Assam Rifles had apprehended Shelly Sumi and three other women along with Rs 18.47 lakh from Karong area in Manipur's Senapati district and a case was registered at Senapati police station.

Later they were freed on bail.

NSCN-K's army chief Niki Sumi was listed as one of the accused in the attack on Assam Rifles troops at Paraolon in Manipur on June 4, 2015 in which at least 18 security personnel were killed.


(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

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