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Guwahati, December 12 : Troops of Assam Rifles on Monday had busted a camp of the Khaplang faction of Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-K) in Arunachal Pradesh's Changlang district, officials said.
Following a tip-off, the troops of Assam Rifles had launched operation in the dense forest area near Phenbiro in Changlang district along Myanmar border and busted the core activity camp of NSCN-K.
A top official of Assam Rifles said that, the operation named Op Phenbiro, in which security personnel had destroyed three huts used by the militants for shelter, a sentry post and recovered 18 rounds live ammunition of AK series rifle, two I-Com radio set, rations, four pair Naga army uniform, medicines and other war like stores.
The top Assam Rifles official said that, when the troops launched operation at the remote area, at least 10-12 militants were presented in the camp, but they had managed to escape taking advantage of dense jungle.
We had located the camp on Sunday evening, but the troops took time to reach the exact location and by the time the militants had managed to escape,'Â the official said.
On December 4, NSCN-K militants had ambushed on two vehicle convoy of 16th Assam Rifles at Nignu area in Arunachal Pradesh's Longding district killing two jawans and injuring eight others.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
