UTLA cadre gunned down
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Jiribam, October 20 2015:
Security forces gunned down a cadre belonging to a splinter faction of United Tribal Liberation Army (UTLA) in Kulbung area on October 19 night.
The breakaway faction of UTLA has been active in the general area Leisabithal, Kulbung and Tuaitengmun, police sources said on Tuesday.
Cadres of the UTLA faction were involved in killings, kidnapping and extortion from the railway contractors, bamboo cutters, local businessmen and villagers in the area.
The group is a menace to the local administration and Government officials, they said.
A joint operation was launched by Assam Rifles and Jiribam Police in Kulbung area and the cadre was killed in an encounter.
One AK-56 rifle and a warlike store were also recovered from him.