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NSCN-IM base camp busted in Arunachal

First Published: 23rd March, 2018 13:29 IST

Army Special Forces and Assam Rifles commandos busted a major NSCN-IM base in Sonking village of Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district from where the rebels were carrying out massive extortion and

Army Special Forces and Assam Rifles commandos busted a major NSCN-IM base in Sonking village of Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district from where the rebels were carrying out massive extortion and terror campaigns in the area.

The operations on Thursday portrays a clear message of the government’s intolerance against such criminal activities by the NSCN-IM.

The army action came in response to specific intelligence inputs that the NSCN-IM and an assortment of other rebel groups are active in the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border trying to raise funds to continue with their guerilla campaigns.

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