Overview

• Nehkam Jomhao, 59, chairman of the Thadou Literature Society in Assam, was taken from his home near Manja in Karbi Anglong on Saturday night and is believed to have been killed.
• Karbi Anglong police said five former Kuki Revolutionary Army members were arrested after allegedly confessing to the murder and to dumping the body in a nearby river.
• NDRF and SDRF teams are conducting searches on the Jamuna river, where swollen waters have hampered recovery efforts, according to officials.
• Thadou groups say he was targeted for joining recent reconciliation talks with Meitei organisations in Imphal and have demanded security for leaders, the abrogation of SoO pacts, and terror designations for KRA and UKDA.
• Investigators are probing motive, including reported community tensions and a possible personal rivalry, and no militant outfit has claimed responsibility.