The officials stated this on Saturday, adding that the cadre, identified to belong to the Yung Aung faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang), which has been banned, was gunned down in an endeavour alongside the Indian Army in the Longding area of Arunachal Pradesh on Friday.
The event took place in the Changkhao region, where the Indian forces, the Assam Rifles and Arunachal Pradesh Police, are participating in a joint operation. The operation was conducted after getting information that NSCN (K-YA) cadres were moving into the operation area.
In a press release received from the Army, security forces moved as soon as they noticed the movement of the group around the Changkhao area, where local police and army troops have been deployed to protect the area. The state’s police officials said that during the search operation, the NSCN (K-YA) cadres fired at the security forces for an unknown reason.
Instead, the troops fired back, and there was an exchange of fire during which one NSCN (K-YA) cadre was eliminated. After the confrontation, police also found a pistol and other ‘war-like stores’ near the scene, details of which have not been disclosed in detail as of now.
This tells us of a continual conflict with NSCN (K-YA), a faction of NSCN(Khaplang) whose leader is Yung Aung, a nephew of the founder of NSCN SS Khaplang. Unlike other factions of the NSCN and some Naga militant groups that have signed cease fires and are into peace parleys with the government of India, the NSCN (K-YA) continues to posture militarily and to reject the peace and sovereignty talks regaling in the glory of the greater Naga nation.
The case remains a significant one as authorities maintain a close lookout for the region as armed groups in northeast India, such as NSCN(K-YA), want succession. More details about the incident are still to be given, but the security forces have been on high alert due to the militancy in the region.
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