Intelligence agencies have zeroed in on one Niki Sumi, the self-styled military advisor of NSCN-K, to be the brain behind the June 4 attack on an Army convoy in Manipur. Sumi, who hails from Nagaland, drew up the entire conspiracy from Myanmar along with two other commanders of NSCN-K and one KYKl militant leader.
Sumi was the commander of the NSCN-K camp in Ponue in Myanmar, which was attacked by the Army on June 9 from Nagaland side, the agencies have found out. But Sumi had left the camp by then. It is believed that 15 NSCN-K insurgents at the camp were killed in the attack by the commandos of Indian Army’s special forces, officials said, citing intelligence inputs.
The guerilla leader is reportedly changing his location every fortnight to avoid detection by Indian intelligence agencies. He has been working under the direct supervision of NSCN-K supremo SS Khaplang, who is also wanted for hatching the whole conspiracy. The other two senior NSCN-K insurgents identified by the intelligence agencies for the June 4 attack conspiracy were Neymlang, the “Major General” of NSCN-K, and Starson lamkang, the head of finance wing of the group, who is suspected to have facilitated the attack, officials said.