Guwahati: Security forces apprehended a hardcore NSCN K-YA self styled captain in a joint operation in Arunachal Pradesh Longding district on Tuesday.
The joint team of Longding Battalion of Assam Rifles and District Police nabbed Self Styled Captain Wangbet Wangjen.
According to reports, the apprehended cadre was a Self Styled Rajapio of Kanubari area of Wancho Region, responsible for orchestrating illegal extortion drive in Longding district on behalf of his faction.
He has confessed his involvement in threatening villagers and bussinesmen to extort money in the recent past.
Earlier in May 2022, the dreaded insurgent had kidnapped the head Gaon Burah of Laukxim village in Kanubari area of Longding district for defying his faction’s extortion demands.
The enraged villagers had subsequently staged a mass protest rally against the illegal action of the faction on May 9, 2022.
The arrest of the insurgent assumes significance because he was one was the key leader’s of NSCN K-YA who have been involved in intimidating locals of Wancho region to pay illegal taxes in last one year.
The relentless successful operations by security forces in Longding district has generated a sustained pressure on the insurgent groups. Also for the locals, it is a big relief from the unjustified demands of the insurgent groups.
Self Styled Captain Wangbet Wangjen is being handed over to Longding Police Station for further investigation.
Security has intensified opeartion against the insurgents at the TLC region of Arunachal Pradesh.