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Itanagar: A member of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Reformation) NSCN-R was shot dead by the Army after a gunfight in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district on Saturday evening, a defence official said here on Tuesday.
The deceased rebel was identified as self-styled Major Akham Chang.
Chang, an IED expert, was associated with NSCN for the last 19 years, Kohima-based Defence Spokesman Lt Col Sumit Sharma informed.
Based on the movement of a group of four terrorists at the jungles of Old Shallang, the Army had launched an operation in the remote area.
During the operation, the troops came under fire from the terrorist group and in retaliatory fire, one terrorist was killed. The remaining terrorists managed to flee from the area due to darkness, the spokesman added.
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