Assam Rifles apprehends two NSCN (IM) cadres in Nagaland

KOHIMA: Assam Rifles apprehended two cadres of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) IM cadres in Mokokchung District, officials informed on Saturday.

"The team intercepted a Maruti Alto vehicle with registration number AS 01 X 6465, and on being challenged, the occupants fled towards the unraveled track and entered a wooden temporary hut. The location was surrounded, a thorough search of the wooden house was done, and two cadres of NCSN (IM), namely, self-styled Sergeant Major Imkongtiba and self-styled Sergeant Major Phamching, along with two weapons and live ammunition, were apprehended," it mentioned. Officials further mentioned that the two cadres and the belongings recovered from them have been handed over to the district police state and that further investigation is underway. "The apprehended NSCN (IM) cadres along with recovered warlike stores have been handed over to Mokokchung Police Station-I, Mokokchung District, for further investigations," it said. (ANI)