ITANAGAR, Nov 15: In a major operational success, the 6th Assam Rifles alongwith Longding Police neutralized three insurgents of the NSCN-K(YA) who had kidnapped the Chief of Lahu village along with a civilian on November 14 from the village in Tirap District.
On November 14 at 8pm a group of 5-6 hardcore armed insurgents of banned outfit NSCN-K(YA) came to Lahu village and kidnapped Ranwang Lowang, Chief of the village and Sunwang Hakun, ex ASM of Lahu village. The group had also handed over extortion demand notes in Lahu village during the kidnapping bid. In one extortion note, the group had asked 7 lakh rupees from the villagers.
On receiving the information of the abduction from the distressed villagers, the 6th Assam Rifles reacted swiftly and alongwith Longding Police launched multiple columns to intercept the insurgents and rescue the abductees.
Today at 8:20 am one of the Assam Rifles team and SP Longding team, intercepted the insurgent group. The teams challenged the insurgents group and asked them to surrender, upon which insurgents opened indiscriminate fire on the team injuring one soldier. The security forces retaliated effectively which resulted in elimination of the three hard core insurgents. Three automatic assault rifles and other war like stores were recovered. Search operation is presently under progress for the remaining insurgents by the security forces.
This is one of the biggest achievements in recent times by the Assam Rifles and Longding Police, wherein the security forces have successfully foiled the abduction attempt by the banned outfit bringing a huge sigh of relief to the villagers and instilling their faith in the security forces.  The NSCN-K(YA) has in the recent past suffered huge setbacks in the area of  6th Assam Rifles.  Two insurgents were neutralised on July 28 and there were a number of apprehensions of its cadres in the past six months.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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