Arunachal Pradesh Police in a joint operation with Assam Rifles and CRPF on April 3 apprehended one militant of the Niki Sumi-led faction of NSCN (Ok), who together with one other insurgent, escaped from Khonsa Jail in Tirap district, by killing a safety guard on responsibility.
After a week-long search operation in numerous locations, a group of state job pressure (STF), Assam Rifles and CRPF apprehended Rocksen Homcha from an deserted constructing at Bogapani within the district on Monday morning, a senior police officer stated.
A manhunt for the opposite accused Tiptu Kitnya is on, Arunachal Pradesh Police spokesperson Rohit Rajbir Singh stated.
Based on intelligence inputs, an operation was launched on Sunday to apprehend the 2 escaped under-trial prisoners by the joint group, the spokesperson stated.
The complete space was cordoned off by 8 p.m. on Sunday and after an in depth search carried out in all of the suspected hideouts, the insurgent was arrested from an deserted constructing on Monday morning, Mr. Singh stated.
“The AK-47, which was snatched by Rocksen from constable Wangniam Bosai before killing him, was recovered from the arrested rebel along with 17 rounds of ammunition,” the spokesperson stated.
Roksen and Tiptu who had been lodged at Khonsa jail, snatched the service rifle from constable Wangnyam Bosai and fired upon him on March 27.
Bosai, who was shot within the abdomen, died on solution to a hospital in Assam’s Dibrugarh district.
Kitniya, who hails from Kharsang in Changlang district, was an undertrial prisoner and Roksen, a local of Borduria village in Tirap district, was serving his sentence for homicide.
The State Police had introduced a money prize of ₹1 lakh every for details about the 2 militants who escaped from jail.
