Grenade event in Arunachal Pradesh, Tirap District area, India on Wed 28th July 2021

On July 28, two hardcore Yung Aung faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland – Khaplang (NSCN-K-YA) militants were gunned down during  a search operation in Kottam forest area of Tirap District in Arunachal Pradesh, reports Arunachal Times. The two militants fired at the Security Forces (SF) when asked to surrender. In retaliatory firing, the two militant were shot down. Following the encounter, a cache of arms and ammunition including two automatic assault rifles, besides an MQ series rifle, an M-16 rifle, two country-made guns, one 9 mm pistol, one Chinese hand grenade, ammunition, INR 11,200 in cash, and other warlike stores were recovered from the spot. A joint operation of District Police and Khonsa battalion of the Assam Rifles (AR) was launched in the area following information about a group of about 10 rebels of the outfit, led by self-styled ‘captain’ Rocky Thapa, actively extorting money from the villagers of Kollam, Lomlo, Kolagaon and Lamsa in Khonsa and Deomali circles of the District.