India’s security forces killed six separatist Naga militants in an exchange of gunfire.
They were neutralized in an encounter in a north-eastern state bordering Myanmar on 11 July, 2020.
The insurgents were part of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah).
State Police Chief R.P. Upadhayay said that India’s paramilitary soldiers and police officers raided a militant hideout in a forest in Arunachal Pradesh.
Two columns were launched by the Assam Rifles in Khonsa area, which is nearly 50 kilometres East of Tinsukia.
One soldier was injured in the fighting, but his condition is stable, he added.
Around 4:30 a.m. an operational contact was set up with the insurgents whose hideouts were located in Myanmar which they gained access for operation through Arunachal Pradesh.
They recovered 2 homemade bombs, 500 bullets and 6 assault rifles.
The group always demanded an independent homeland in India’s northeast.
Nearly 2 million Naga tribespeople live mainly in Nagaland, Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh state.
The group was involved in maintaining a peaceful relationship with the Government since 1997. In 2015, they signed a preliminary agreement.
Source: AP