Itanagar: Villagers have fled their homes in two villages of Arunachal Pradesh after NSCN(IM) and NSCN(K) cadre were engaged in gun-fighting, officials said on Friday.
Over hundred villagers of Ojakho, 15 km away from Chasa village in Tirap district, were caught in yesterday’s cross firing forcing them to flee for safety, they said.
Intra-factional fight was also reported from Chasa village, they said. Seventeen houses of the two villages were gutted and two others destroyed, they added. Paramilitary forces had intensified patrolling in Borduria and Chasa areas following reports of clashes between the NSCN (IM) and NSCN (K). Chief Minister Nabam Tuki had yesterday directed the police to act without any delay. “It is the responsibility of the government to ensure the security and safety of the life and property of the people and the state government will do what is needed,” Tuki said. About 60 NSCN (K) cadre camping in nearby Longmai village and about 50 NSCN (IM) cadre camping in Chatong village began the gun fighting around 4 am on Thursday that continued till 11 AM. (PTI)