Cadre, overground worker of NSCN(K) arrested in Arunachal

The Assam Rifles on Tuesday apprehended a cadre and a overground worker of NSCN(K) in two separate operations, defence sources said.

Based on intelligence inputs, the Khonsa battalion of the Assam Rifles launched an operation in Chop village of Tirap district and apprehended Private Khajam Pansa, a self-styled member of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K), Kohima-based Defence Spokesman Colonel Chiranjeet Konwer said.

During interrogation, Pansa admitted he had links with the banned outfit, Konwer said, adding that a pistol and ammunition were seized from him.

In another operation in Tirap Colliery of the district, the Lekhapani battalion of the force nabbed Nisto Sema, an overground worker of the outfit, and recovered Rs 5 lakh from him, the defence spokesman said.

Sema, a resident of Lalpahar village, was also apprehended in 2005 for aiding the NSCN (K), the spokesman added.