Security forces launched a manhunt for two NSCN militants who fled from Khonsa jail in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district after killing a police guard and injuring another on Sunday night.
Police said the two militants belonging to the Nikki Sumi faction of the NSCN, snatched the weapon of a police guard at around 6 pm on Sunday and fired several rounds on two policemen. One of the policemen died on the way to the hospital while the other was seriously injured.
Police, CRPF and Assam Rifles personnel launched a manhunt for the militants soon after the incident.
All roads to neighbouring Changlang and Longding districts have been sealed while search operations have been launched along the district's border with Myanmar.
The militants belong to the Nikki Sumi faction of the NSCN, a Naga militant group, which is active in the Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts of Arunachal Pradesh and neighbouring Nagaland.
"Probe has also been started to identify the lapses in the security arrangements in Khonsa jail," a police official at Khonsa said. There are nearly 50 inmates (both convicts and undertrials) in Khonsa jail at present.
(Published 27 March 2023, 15:34 IST)
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