Nagaland ambush: Four UG groups claim hands
Source: The Sangai Express / TNN

Guwahati, May 04 2015 : The newly floated conglomerate of four militant outfits of North East - NSCN-K, ULFA-I, NDFB-S and Kamatapur Liberation Organization - has claimed responsibility for killing eight jawans in Nagaland's Mon disctrict in the Sunday ambush.

The new common platform has been named United Liberation Front of West South East Asia (UNLFW).

It was formed last month in Myanmar.

This joint force is headed by chairman of NSCN-K, SS Khaplang.

Central intelligence agencies earlier had information that apart from these four outfits, the new platform also included as many as six Meitei outfits of Manipur.

A copy of the declaration of the new platform sent to TOI by ULFA-I leader Paresh Baruah, however, states that only the four outfits are the members of UNLFW.

Assam police Additional Director General (SB) Pallab Bhattacharya said coming together of these four groups is a major concern for security forces.

Seven Assam Rifles jawans and one jawan of Territorial Army of a water collection team were killed in Changlangsu village in Nagaland's Mon district at around 2.30 pm on Sunday.

Sources said that the militants used IEDs along with firing from automatic weapons in the ambush.

The deceased Assam Rifles personnel are identified as Rifleman Biswas Sonwal, Rifleman Sanjivan Singh, Rifleman J Deb Burman, Rifleman Jerusalem Thara, Rifleman Tanik Lal Patel, Rifleman L Haokip, Warrant Officer Kamjang Kuki, while the jawan of the 164 TA army has been identified as Naik Khantin Mo.

One NSCN (K) cadre namely Ngamwang Konyak was also killed in the incident.

The militants took away three rifles from the AR men.

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