NSCN (K) member caught with government issued ID card

Dimapur, Dec. 2 (EMN): The Assam Rifles—under the establishment of the Inspector General of Assam Rifles (IGAR) North—has claimed to have captured a cadre of the banned NSCN (K) with an ‘identity card’ that shows the latter to be an employee of the office of the District Rural Development Agency, Zunheboto district. A press release from the publicity officer of the IGAR (N) on Saturday stated that the ‘3 (Naga Hills) Battalion (of) Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) conducted an operation based on specific information in the general area of Phulbari Chowk in Kohima along with a police representative on 2 Dec. 2017.’ It informed that during said operation an NSCN (K) cadre, a 39-year old Akaho Swu, was captured and recovered a ‘challan’ (demand note) for INR 10,000 and an identity card issued by the authority of the District Rural Development Agency, Zunheboto. He was stated to be in the custody of North Police Station of Kohima.