- DIMAPUR — In response to a complaint filed on
May 24 by Mughato Chophy, finance kilonser of NSCN/GPRN (Reformation), the
Dimapur Police, in coordination with the Indian Reserve Battalion, Special Task
Force, and Assam Rifles, conducted raids on the residences of several
high-ranking members of the Khango-led NSCN/GPRN, including its vice president,
Khekato Kinny, in Thilixu village on the night of May 26 around 7 and 8 pm.
- While no arms or ammunition were recovered during the raids,
two individuals were taken from Khekato Kinny's residence and later released
after being interrogated.
- This was confirmed by the Dimapur Commissioner of Police,
Kevithuto Sophie, who stated that the ceasefire monitoring office of the
NSCN/GPRN (Khango) group was cordoned off by the Dimapur Police along with
personnel from the Indian Reserve Battalion, Special Task Force, and Assam
Rifles. He informed that security forces are currently maintaining the cordon,
restricting entry and exit from the premises.
- Sophie firmly asserted that gun culture will not be
tolerated in Dimapur, regardless of the individuals or groups involved. He
emphasised that anyone engaging in criminal activities would be treated as a
criminal, without exception.
- Sophie informed that on May 24, Mughato Chophy had filed a
complaint at the Diphupar Police Station in Chümoukedima against Khekato Kinny,
vice president of NSCN/GPRN (Khango), in connection with an alleged unlawful raid
conducted at his residence on May 23.
- According to the complaint, Khekato Kinny, accompanied by
approximately 30 cadres, forcibly entered Chophy’s private residence by
breaching the wall and overpowering the security guards with fully loaded
automatic weapons.
- The complaint alleged that weapons belonging to several NSCN
(R) members were stolen, while family members inside the premises were
threatened at gunpoint, and their mobile phones were confiscated. It also
mentioned that several rounds were fired before the group fled the scene.
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