Assam Rifles jawan injured in Nagaland militant attack
According to the reports, a heavy armed militant group suspected to be NSCN-K opened fire at the camp of Assam Rifles at International Trade Centre Pangsha near Dan village in Tuensang district around 2 pm on Monday.
One jawan was injured in the militants attack and he was immediately airlifted by the army chopper to Dimapur.
The militants managed to flee from the hilly area when the Assam Rifles jawans started retaliation action.
On the other hand, the Changlang battalion of Assam Rifles launched an operation at Old Changlang village and apprehended a hardcore NSCN(R) militant.
The nabbed militant was identified as Self Styled Private Hunmai Taidong.
Kohima based Defence PRO Colonel Chiranjeet Konwer said that, security personnel have recovered a pistol and ammunition from the militant, who is an active member of the banned outfit since Feb 2015 and had under gone training at NSCN(R) training camps.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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