NSCN rebels escape from jail after killing guard in Tirap district

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ITANAGAR: Two operatives of the Niki Sumi-led faction of the NSCN (K) escaped from Khonsa Jail in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh after killing a security personnel on duty, police said. The rebels, Roksen Homcha Lowang and Tiptu Kitnya, who were lodged at the UTP cell of the jail, snatched the service rifle, an AK-47, from IRBn constable Wangnyam Bosai and fired upon him at around 5 p.m. on Sunday, Arunachal Pradesh Police spokesperson Rohit Rajbir Singh said here on Monday.

Bosai, who was shot in the stomach, died on the way to a hospital in Assam’s Dibrugarh district. Kitniya, who hails from Kharsang in Changlang district, was an undertrial prisoner, and Lowang, a native of Borduria village in Tirap district, was serving his sentence for murder. A manhunt is on to locate the escaped prisoners, led by Tirap SP and Commanding Officer of the 6th Assam Rifles, the spokesperson said. Legal proceedings have been initiated against them for dereliction of duty, Singh added.

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