HT Correspondent
DIBRUGARH, April 8: An overground worker of the NSCN (K-YA) militant outfit was thrashed to death by villagers in Arunachal Pradesh’s Longding district on Thursday evening.
Confirming the incident, a senior police officer said the incident took place at Longphong village when the NSCN overground worker went for extortion on Thursday evening.
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“The villagers refused to give money to him and as a result a scuffle took place between the villagers and the NSCN worker. The villagers thrashed him and he got injured and succumbed to death,” the officer said.
The deceased worker has been identified as Wangjow Wangsa of Pongchau village.
As per sources, Wangjow was involved in collecting illegal taxes and extortion money from villagers and businessmen in the area.
“We have sent his body for post-mortem,” the police official said.
It may be mentioned here that extortion and illegal collection of taxes has been common in Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts of Arunachal Pradesh.
“NSCN outfits are active in these districts and they collect the illegal taxes and extortion from businessmen,” said a source.
A similar incident had happened in May last year when villagers of Longkhao village had beaten up two active cadres of NSCN (K-YA). The militants were later handed over to the Assam Rifles and the police.
