Manipur ambush: NIA gets custody of top NSCN-K leader

Guwahati: The National Investigation Agency on Monday took over the custody of regional commander of NSCN-K Khumlo Abi Anal from Manipur police in connection with June 4 attack on Army.

 

Informing that the investigating agency has succeeded in establishing his involvement in the Manipur ambush, the NIA sources in Guwahati said, “We have already interrogated him in custody of the Manipur police and got some vital clue, indicating his involvement in Manipur ambush.”

 

Eighteen Army personnel were killed and 15 others seriously wounded when a convoy of 6 Dogra Regiment was ambushed by suspected NSCN(K) militants at Paraolong village in Manipur’s Chandel district bordering Myanmar on June 4.

 

A self styled ‘chairman’ of NSCN(K)’s ‘Amamchat region’, Anal was nabbed by Imphal West district police commandos during a search operation in a super market under Lamphel police station on June 11. He hails from Lambung village of Chandel district.

 

The police commandos had also arrested another NSCN(K) activist Pammei Kakilong alias Kaling of Chingkhulong village of Tamenglong district while conducting frisking at Sagolband Salam Leikai in Imphal West district on June 11. The NIA also claimed of having arrested finance secretary of the outfit.