One NSCN(K) cadre arrested

The Dao Division of the Assam
Rifles has apprehended a cadre of the NSCN(K) outfit from Mulong village.
The cadre, identified as Machow Ngaimong, was arrested from the village yesterday during an operation launched by the Assam Rifles team based on specific intelligence inputs, Defence PRO Colonel Chiranjeet Konwer informed in a release today.
The arrested cadre was involved in terrorising people and carrying out extortion in the village.
A pistol and live ammunitions were recovered from his possession, the release said.
On interrogation, the cadre admitted allegiance to NSCN(K) and divulged that he has been actively working for the outfit for the last seven years. With this arrest, the security forces have so far apprehended several cadres of the outfit in the last two weeks, the release said.

The security forces have been carrying out aggressive operations in the district and the arrest of the cadre has struck a blow to the extortion activities being carried out by the cadres of the group in the area, the release claimed.