NSCN-IM cadre held in Tirong Aboh assassination case

The NationalInvestigation Agency (NIA) has arrested an NSCN-IM cadre in connection with thegruesome killings of Arunachal Pradesh MLA Tirong Aboh and others.

Identifiedas Yangte Josaham, the NSCN-IM cadre was arrested from Dimapur in Nagaland. Accordingto sources, NIA is also questioning several others in connection with theincident.

It may be mentioned here that, recently the NIA had released pictures of five militants suspected to be involved in the killing.

42-year-oldKhonsa West MLA Tirong Aboh was shot dead along with his son, family membersand others near Bogapani in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh while they werereturning from Dibrugarh.