Grenade event in Mon District, Nagaland area, India on Fri 3rd March 2023

A cadre of Ang Mai faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Khaplang (NSCN-K) was killed while another was arrested following an encounter with Assam Rifles during the intervening night of March 3-4, in Mon District of Nagaland, reports The Times of India andThe Morung Express. Acting on a tip-off about the movement of insurgents for carrying out abduction and extortion in Sangsa village, the Assam Rifles launched an operation. As the insurgents were intercepted, they fired on the Assam Rifles troops and soon a gunfight broke out. In the gunfight, one insurgent was killed while another was apprehended, officials said. An automatic rifle, an automatic pistol, grenades, ammunition and other war-like stores were recovered during the incident.