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Suspected militants kill former Zila Parishad member in Arunachal Pradesh

| @indiablooms | Mar 31, 2019, at 03:34 pm

Guwahati, Mar 31 (IBNS): Ahead of the Lok Sabha and assembly polls in Arunachal Pradesh, suspected militants killed another political leader in the north east frontier state. 

According to the reports, suspected militants killed a former Zila Parishad Member (ZPM) in Longding district on Saturday night.

The incident happened at around 9-30 pm at Nginu village under Wakka circle in Longding district.

Former ZMP Seliam Wangsa was shot dead by suspected militants while he returned by attending an election campaign meeting.

Arunachal Pradesh DGP S. B. K. Singh said that, police has started launched operation to nab the culprits.

“We are seeing all angles in our investigation and trying to maintain law and order in the state,” the Arunachal Pradesh DGP said.

On the other hand, sources said that, the deceased person was the active member of ruling party BJP.

Recently, suspected NSCN (IM) militants had killed a supporter of National People’s Party (NPP) identified as Zeli Anna in Tirap district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The Lok Sabha and assembly polls in Arunachal Pradesh will be held on Apr 11.

 

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

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