48 NSCN (K) cadres led by Chailai Pansa and Bopa Wangnow are camping in village Lahu district Tirap. They plan to attack security forces in retaliation to a recent operations against NSCN (K) at Noklak in Nagaland.
Moving a step closer to declare National Socialist Council of Nagalim – Khaplang (NSCN-K) a proscribed organisation, the Centre on Thursday announced an award of Rs10 lakh and Rs7 lakh reward on its commander in-chief Niki Sumi and Chairman SS Khaplang respectively.
But the tough action does not seem to have deterred the dreaded insurgent outfit as according to intelligent inputs, 48 well-armed cadres of NSCN (K) have positioned them to attack security forces in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh.
The inputs discussed at length in multi-agency centre (MAC) on Friday said that
48 NSCN (K) cadres led by Chailai Pansa and Bopa Wangnow are camping in village Lahu district Tirap. They plan to attack security forces in retaliation to a recent operations against NSCN (K) at Noklak in Nagaland.
Niki Sumi is suspected to have led a group of rebels from three insurgent outfits on June 4 to carry out an attack on the convoy of Dogra regiment in Manipur's Chandel district that killed 18 Army jawans, while aging chairman Khaplang is believed to have given the clearance for the attack.
Announcing the award, the national investigation agency (NIA) said, "S S Khaplang is head of the NSCN (K) group and Niki Sumi is holding the charge of armed wing of said group. They were closely associated with the decision to attack Assam Rifles personnel at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima on March 26 and subsequent string of attacks on armed forces including the attack on 6 Dogra Regiment Convoy in Chandel district of Manipur on June 4 killing 18 Army personnel."
The total number of militants who participated in the attack was 23 out of whom two were killed on June 4 in retaliatory action by the Army in Chandel district of Manipur, official sources said.
During the investigations, NIA examined several surrendered militants of NSCN-K, who also helped them identify many of the accused.
In retaliatory strikes following the ambush, Indian army commandos had hit two insurgent camps at different locations along Myanmar's border with Nagaland and Manipur, inflicting significant damage and casualties.
NSCN(K), which walked out of a ceasefire agreement with India in March this year, has been involved in a series of attacks in tandem with some other militant groups in the North-East under the banner of 'United Liberation Front of South East Asia'.
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