2 Militants Kill Guard to Escape from Jail in Arunachal Pradesh

Itanagar: Two militants of the Niki Sumi-led faction of NSCN (K) killed a security guard on duty to escape from Khonsa Jail in the Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh.

According to police sources, this jailbreak occurred at around 5 pm on Sunday. The escaped militants were Roksen Homcha Lowang and Tiptu Kitnya, who were lodged at the UTP cell of the jail. They allegedly snatched the service rifle from a constable named Wangnyam Bosai and fired upon him before escaping from the prison. Seriously injured Bosai died on way to a hospital in Assam’s Dibrugarh district.

A manhunt is on to locate the escaped prisoners.