Two insurgents of the NSCN-IM (National Socialist Council of Nagaland – Isak Muivah) were killed and one was injured during the gunfight in Tirap district in Arunachal Pradesh. The injured was taken to the hospital in Dibrugarh, Assam.
The encounter took place on Sunday in the Old Kolagaon area near Khonsa in Tirap.
A huge amount of weapons and other warlike stores were recovered from the area. The operation has jointly launched on the basis of an intelligence input in the area.
“The NSCN-IM had been carrying out extortion drive and new recruitment in Tirap district since January this year.”, said the police official.
The personnel has also recovered one AK 56 rifle with a magazine, one 5.56 mm M4 A 1 Carbine, made in the US, one 32 mm pistol, a huge cache of ammunition and other warlike stores from the encounter site.