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CHANGLANG, 7 Aug:<\/strong> Security forces apprehended a hardcore NSCN (KYA) militant from Changlang district during an operation carried out on 5 August, and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition.<\/p>\n Acting on a tip-off about the presence of armed insurgents in the jungle areas of Jongphohate in Yatdam circle, the Changlang battalion of the Assam Rifles and the state police conducted a joint search operation in the suspected areas.<\/p>\n During the search operation, the troops came under heavy fire from automatic weapons. The insurgents continued firing on the troops, forcing the forces to retaliate, said Changlang SP Mihin Gambo.<\/p>\n After the firefight, which lasted for some time, the column cautiously moved ahead and noticed the presence of a suspected individual hiding in the thick jungle. They immediately cordoned off the area and apprehended the militant, who has been identified as self-styled corporal Wangai Wangpan (22), of Chasa village in Tirap district, the SP said.<\/p>\n “Five armed insurgents managed to escape from the spot under the cover of the thick forest,” he said.<\/p>\n The troops recovered one Chinese-made AK-56 assault rifle with three magazines and 121 live rounds, one lathode, one Chinese-made 7.65 mm pistol with two magazines, 10 live rounds of 9 mm pistol, one Chinese hand grenade, one radio set, seven mobile phones, Rs 7,980 and 100 Myanmar currencies.<\/p>\n “Search operation to nab the five armed insurgents who managed to escape is underway,” Gambo said. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CHANGLANG, 7 Aug: Security forces apprehended a hardcore NSCN (KYA) militant from Changlang district during an operation carried out on 5 August, and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition. Acting on a tip-off about the presence of armed insurgents in the jungle areas of Jongphohate in Yatdam circle, the Changlang battalion of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-168623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}