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14 insurgents surrender in Mokokchung, Kohima
Kohima, July 19: Fourteen insurgents, belonging to different militant outfits, have surrendered before a senior Assam Rifles official in Mokokchung district of Nagaland.
Kohima, July 19: Fourteen insurgents, belonging to
different militant outfits, have surrendered before a senior
Assam Rifles official in Mokokchung district of Nagaland.
The activists also handed over various types of weapons
like M 21 and .30 US Winchester carbine series of rifles
besides pistols, revolvers, hand grenades and large quantity
of ammunition while surrendering before Brig N N Madappa, DIG
(Nagaland Range), north at a ceremony yesterday, an official
release said here today.
Speaking on the occasion DIG Madappa lauded the
activists, who gave themselves up, and termed the event as a
sort of homecoming.
"The people of Nagaland have experienced a life of violence and misery and now time has come for all sections of Naga society to persuade the disillusioned youth to join the mainstream," the DIG said. Bureau Report
"The people of Nagaland have experienced a life of violence and misery and now time has come for all sections of Naga society to persuade the disillusioned youth to join the mainstream," the DIG said. Bureau Report