GUWAHATI, DEC 22: In a crackdown against insurgent groups, security forces have apprehended a cadre of the NSCN(K-YA) faction in the Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday.

The arrested cadre has been identified as self-styled corporal Lonpho Gangsa of the K-YA faction of NSCN hailing from Longoi village in Myanmar.

“After getting on specific input about the presence of two NSCN (K-YA) cadres near Wakka village, troops of Assam Rifles and Arunachal police launched a joint operation and sucessfully nabbed the cadre,” said a police official.

The Officer said,  “The movement of cadres was reported while they were moving from a village towards the town area and they were intercepted. One of them, who infiltrated into India, was arrested while another cadre managed to flee under cover of darkness.”

A pistol, a Chinese grenade, extortion notes, and some indiscriminating documents were recovered  from the  militant.

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