NSCN/GPRN(YA) claims responsibility for attack on Assam Rifles post in Arunachal

Dimapur, Oct. 17 -- The NSCN/GPRN(Yung Aung) has claimed responsibility for the attack on the 4 Assam Rifles check post at Hahman village, near Manmao, in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh. The attach took place on October 16. In a release on Friday, the group said the Naga army's tactical unit launched a pre-dawn attack on the Assam Rifles check post on October 16.

"Soon after the attack, the Indian forces sealed the area to hide their losses; hence, the full detail of their casualties cannot be ascertained at this moment," the release said.

It alleged that for the last few months, India has seized every opportunity to "provoke, incite, kill and destroy the NSCN/GPRN" to cause irreparable harm to the Naga national movement.

"No ma...