NSCN ultra injured in shootout in Assam

Based on a tip off, a joint team of army and police raided remote Nrianam village at 3 pm, the police said.

The Naga ultras who were holed up in a house fired on the advancing security forces and in the ensuing gun battle one ultra was injured while his accomplices managed to escape into the dense jungle.

He was yet to be identified, the police said.