<p>The NIA today announced cash rewards ranging from Rs 2-7 lakh on information leading to the arrest of 24 wanted rebels in connection with the killing of 18 army men in Manipur in June.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to the NIA, the attack on the army convoy in Chandel area of the northeastern state was jointly carried out by banned Naga group NSCN-K and Manipur-based KYKL, KCP and KLO.<br /><br />The agency has already announced cash reward of Rs 7 lakh and Rs 10 lakh on information leading to arrest of NSCN-K chief S S Khaplang and Niki Sumi, self-styled chief of the armed wing of NSCN-K, respectively.<br /><br />The attack, as per the investigations by the NIA, was carried out mainly by 15 cadres of Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) using 'Lathod guns' and grenades.<br /><br />However, the agency said, the conspiracy to carry out the attack was hatched somewhere along the Indo-Myanmar border in which cadres of NSCN-K, KYKL, Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) had allegedly participated.<br /><br />The wanted list includes Starson Lamkang, in-charge of the finance of NSCN (K) and also allegedly involved in the decision making and directions for the June 4 attack. Rs 7 lakh has been announced on information leading to his arrest.<br /><br />Others include chief of banned KCP Noyon Singh and head of banned KYKL Namoijam Oken. Rs 5 lakh each has been announced for their arrest.<br /><br />The wanted list has 15 cadres of KYKL, five of KCP, three from NSCN-K and one from KLO.<br />While Thoiba and S Mangal of KYKL carry a bounty of Rs four lakh each on their head, the cash reward for anyone providing information leading to the arrest of the other cadres is Rs two lakh.<br /><br />There are reports that 75-year-old Khaplang was in a hospital and later shifted to Taga, a place which is at a junction of India-Myanmar-China border.<br /><br />NSCN-K and all its front organisations and formations were declared as outlawed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.<br /><br />The group, which had signed a peace agreement in March 2001, had withdrawn unilaterally from the ceasefire agreement in March after it was alleged that the area along Indo-Myanmar border being under their control was fast turning out to be 'safe-zone' for northeast militants.<br /></p>
<p>The NIA today announced cash rewards ranging from Rs 2-7 lakh on information leading to the arrest of 24 wanted rebels in connection with the killing of 18 army men in Manipur in June.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to the NIA, the attack on the army convoy in Chandel area of the northeastern state was jointly carried out by banned Naga group NSCN-K and Manipur-based KYKL, KCP and KLO.<br /><br />The agency has already announced cash reward of Rs 7 lakh and Rs 10 lakh on information leading to arrest of NSCN-K chief S S Khaplang and Niki Sumi, self-styled chief of the armed wing of NSCN-K, respectively.<br /><br />The attack, as per the investigations by the NIA, was carried out mainly by 15 cadres of Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) using 'Lathod guns' and grenades.<br /><br />However, the agency said, the conspiracy to carry out the attack was hatched somewhere along the Indo-Myanmar border in which cadres of NSCN-K, KYKL, Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) had allegedly participated.<br /><br />The wanted list includes Starson Lamkang, in-charge of the finance of NSCN (K) and also allegedly involved in the decision making and directions for the June 4 attack. Rs 7 lakh has been announced on information leading to his arrest.<br /><br />Others include chief of banned KCP Noyon Singh and head of banned KYKL Namoijam Oken. Rs 5 lakh each has been announced for their arrest.<br /><br />The wanted list has 15 cadres of KYKL, five of KCP, three from NSCN-K and one from KLO.<br />While Thoiba and S Mangal of KYKL carry a bounty of Rs four lakh each on their head, the cash reward for anyone providing information leading to the arrest of the other cadres is Rs two lakh.<br /><br />There are reports that 75-year-old Khaplang was in a hospital and later shifted to Taga, a place which is at a junction of India-Myanmar-China border.<br /><br />NSCN-K and all its front organisations and formations were declared as outlawed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.<br /><br />The group, which had signed a peace agreement in March 2001, had withdrawn unilaterally from the ceasefire agreement in March after it was alleged that the area along Indo-Myanmar border being under their control was fast turning out to be 'safe-zone' for northeast militants.<br /></p>