Top functionary of NSCN-K arrested

Security forces have arrested the finance secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) from a rented house here, police said today.
Acting on a tip-off, a special team of the state police and the Assam Riffles commandos raided the hideout at Saw Furlong area last night and apprehended three persons, including a woman, East Khasi Hills district SP Davis Marak told PTI.
They were identified as Inovi Asumi, who holds charge as finance secretary of the NSCN-K, his wife and brother-in-law, he said.
Following identification, Asumi was arrested while the other two were released as they were not involved with him, he said.

The NSCN-K, an armed militant organisation based in Nagaland, had earlier signed a ceasefire pact which it violated in 2015.
Although its presence in the neighbouring states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh is widely acknowledged, the arrest of its top functionary from here is being investigated, the SP said.
The group has been designated a terrorist organisation in India under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.