Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Dimapur, October 15:
A cadre of the NSCN (IM) identified as 'Lt' Hopson Tangkhul was shot dead by unidentified gunmen at 5th Mile in Dimapur at around 5.30 pm today.
Dimapur Superintendent of Police Biddu Sekhar informed Newmai News Network tonight that two unidentified gunmen reportedly came to Hopson's house and demanded Rs 10,000 before opening fire.
The gunmen identified themselves as town command of an outfit, added the police officer but did not specify the name of the outfit.
The police officer said that Hopson was a section officer (SO) of the civil set-up in the NSCN-IM.
The slain cadre was reportedly shot while in the presence of his family members.
Reliable sources said that the gunmen were NSCN-K cadres.
With today's killing, the already tense situation in Nagaland following the NSCN-K's quit notice on the the Tangkhuls is being aggravated with each passing day.
However, security in Dimapur and its vicinity are enhanced as pre-emptive measures.
IRB personnel are being deployed since September in Dimapur following series of bomb blasts in the commercial hub of Nagaland.