AR apprehend NSCN (K) cadre

Dimapur, June 18 (MExN): A joint team of 37 Assam Rifles and 32 Assam Rifles apprehended Private Nikato Kiba of NSCN (K) during an operation conducted at Khehoi village in Dimapur district on June 15.   According to a press release from Assam Rifles, Nikato admitted his alliance with NSCN (K) and revealed his service number as 12204. “The cadre was recruited with NSCN (K) in January 2016 and had gone to Ponyu Camp (Myanmar) thereafter. The cadre returned to Dimapur after Basic Military Training in March 2016 and was tasked for extortion and violent activities in the town,” the release alleged.

  The release further said that one .22 pistol, ammunition and several “warlike stores/ incriminating documents” were recovered from the cadre.   It was also stated that information regarding presence of the cadre was first received in April 2016, after which a specially constituted team of 37 Assam Rifles tracked him for almost two months. The operation on June 15 was launched based on accurate input about his presence in Khehoi village.