Eight NSCN cadres surrender in Arunachal

Itanagar: In a major development, as many as eight cadres belonging to two different factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) surrendered in Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday.
Five militants of the NSCN (KYA) and three from NSCN(R) have voluntarily surrendered before Longding Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bani Lego and SP Vikram Harimohan Meena, a statement said.
The surrendered militants were holding influential positions in the outfit. They were engaged in extortion, it added.
All of them stated that they wanted to relinquish the path of violence, so had made up their mind long back to surrender.
While welcoming them to the mainstream, Lego told them to start a new beginning and live a normal life.
Cautioning them from going back to the path of violence again, he urged them to set an example to the people of their village and to tell their friends and others not to join insurgency.
He ensured that opportunities for their skill development would be taken up soon for providing them with a means to earn their livelihoods.
This development is the result of the concerted efforts, relentless pursuit and human approach of Longding police, 40 AR and Longding team 3 FID to convince the insurgents to come over ground and join the mainstream has paid dividends.