{"id":278032,"date":"2026-02-14T00:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=278032"},"modified":"2026-02-14T00:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:36:05","slug":"nscn-k-khango-konyak-operative-surrenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/14\/nscn-k-khango-konyak-operative-surrenders\/","title":{"rendered":"NSCN-K (Khango Konyak) operative surrenders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>KHONSA, 13 Feb:<\/strong> A self-styled lieutenant of the NSCN-K (Khango Konyak), identified as Wangkhu Lowang (32), surrendered at the Assam Rifles battalion headquarters here in Tirap district recently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lowang is a resident of Moktowa village in Tirap district.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Based on specific intelligence inputs regarding the presence of a hardcore underground operative in the general area of Moktowa, the Khonsa Battalion of the Assam Rifles launched a focused operation on 10 February.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sustained persuasion and coordinated efforts of the security forces motivated the operative to shun the path of violence and return to the mainstream. Consequently, Lowang surrendered at the battalion headquarters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The operative deposited one 7.65 mm pistol with magazine, along with six live rounds of 7.65 mm ammunition. (DIPR)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KHONSA, 13 Feb: A self-styled lieutenant of the NSCN-K (Khango Konyak), identified as Wangkhu Lowang (32), surrendered at the Assam Rifles battalion headquarters here in Tirap district recently. Lowang is a resident of Moktowa village in Tirap district. Based on specific intelligence inputs regarding the presence of a hardcore underground operative in the general area [&hellip;]<\/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-278032","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\/278032","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=278032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278035,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278032\/revisions\/278035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}