ITANAGAR: Security forces comprising personnel of 19 Assam Rifles (AR) andstate police have caught a self-styled cadre of the Naga National Council (NNC) from Deomali in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh.
The 21-year-old cadre, identified as Khapwang Mema, was arrested on Sunday, an Assam Rifles communique said here on Monday. An amount Rs 15,600 and an extortion note addressed to market officials of Deomali on the letterhead of Naga National Council was also found in his possession.
Mema, a resident of Old Paniduria, was carrying out extortion in the town for the last couple of weeks. He had also threatened the locals with dire consequences if they fail to give him the ransom, the communique said. A couple of days ago, security forces arrested two NSCN cadres in the town.
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