A photograph of a bride and groom brandishing automatic rifles – M16 and AK 56 at their wedding on Saturday in Nagaland has gone on social media.

Reportedly, Bohoto Kiba, son of Kilo Kilonser of the militant National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Unification (NSCN-U), got married in Dimapur district on November 9.

The bride and groom were seen brandishing automatic rifles – M16 and AK 56 – during the wedding reception attended by their invited guests.

The guests were stunned on seeing that the newly-wed couple displaying the shiny rifles at the wedding feast. Kiba is a powerful Naga rebel leader, who had courted controversy by threatening journalists in Nagaland in 2012.

NSCN-U leader Kiba had been in the limelight earlier for threatening to kill journalists for using the phrase "self-styled" used by media to mention military designations given to members of the rebel outfit.