The NIA on Thursday announced a cash reward Rs7 lakh on the head of NSCN(K) leader SS Khaplang and Rs10 lakh on self-styled chief of the armed wing of the outfit Niki Sumi. The move comes three months after the outfit attacked an Army convoy in Manipur killing 18 troops.
“SS Khaplang is the head of the NSCN(K) group and Niki Sumi is holding the charge of armed wing of said group. They were closely associated with the decision to attack Assam Rifles personnel at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima on March 26, 2015, and subsequent string of attacks on armed forces including the attack on 6 Dogra Regiment Convoy in Chandel district of Manipur on 04/06/2015 killing 18 Army personnel,” the NIA said in a statement.
The agency said, “Any person from public, giving any reliable information about the whereabouts of these hard core terrorists, leading to their arrest will be rewarded with money as mentioned.” Khaplang is a resident of Myanmar while Sumi hails from Nagaland.