Hardcore cadre of the National Socialist Council shot dead by security forces in Arunachal Pradesh

A hardcore cadre of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim-Khaplang's Yung Aung faction (NSCN-K-YA) was shot dead by security forces in Arunachal Pradesh’s Longding district on Saturday.

A defence spokesman said that acting on specific information about the movement of cadres of the NSCN-K-YA, which has not signed a ceasefire agreement with the Centre, in Longding, Assam Rifles troops launched an operation on Friday.

During the intense operation, the militants attacked the security forces, who also retaliated befittingly.


During the fierce gun battle on Saturday, one cadre of the NSCN-K-YA was killed on the spot, the spokesman said.

He said that a pistol and some war-like stores were recovered from the site, he said, adding that subsequent search operations are going on to nab the fleeing militants.

Arunachal Pradesh’s mountainous Longding district shares an inter-state border with Nagaland and an unfenced international border with Myanmar.

In Arunachal Pradesh there is some amount of insurgency in the Tirap, Changlang and Longding.