Overview

• Officials said armed NSCN-K cadres seized two road workers from a construction site in Laho village, Tirap, on Saturday afternoon.
• Assam Rifles moved on specific intelligence and began a first-light search in the Nianu area after setting interception points overnight.
• One column came under fire around 5:50 am, and troops responded with calibrated small-arms and mortar fire to protect the hostages.
• Both labourers were freed unharmed at about 7:30 am and were being taken to Khonsa for medical examination and assistance.
• Security forces said search-and-sanitisation operations to locate the abductors are ongoing, and NSCN-K remains a proscribed outfit under a ban extended last month.