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Northeast insurgents mined Arunachal coal to buy arms
Nagaland Post | Agencies | New Delhi, Oct 5 ()
Insurgent outfits in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district had been illegally mining coal, using the proceeds for buying sophisticated weapons from arms dealers based in Thailand and China. Changlang, a hub of insurgent activity, is located close to the China-Myanmar international border, where thousands of fighters belonging to at least nine insurgent outfits from Assam, Manipur and Nagaland stay in well-fortified camps. The weapons possessed by these groups include Kalashinov rifles, Heckler and Koch assault rifles, American M-16 and M-17 rifles, and rocket launchers.
On March 26, 2012, Union home ministry wrote to the coal ministry drawing its attention to the illegal mining being undertaken at the 45-km-long Khasang block by Naga militants. Home ministry also requested the coal ministry to consider taking over all the coal mining operations in the state.
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