The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has declared Naga militant outfit National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) NSCN-K as a terrorist organization. In this regard Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued an official gazette notification mentioning that NSCN (K) and all its formations and front organisations have been declared as terrorist organization under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967. NSCN (K) has resorted to terrorism by killing civilians and security forces in June 2015 it was engaged in other violent activities including the attack on Army convoy in Chandel district of Manipur.
About the National Socialist Council of Nagaland(Khaplang)
- NSCN (K) came into existence in 1988 under the leadership of S.S. Khaplang.
- It is as an off-shoot of NSCN which was established with an objective of forming a sovereign state of Nagalim by unifying all the areas inhabited by the Naga peoples in North-east India & Myanmar.
- Presently NSCN(K) is active along the Indo-Myanmar border and has strength of around One Thousand cadres with several camps across the border in Myanmar.
The Union Government declares NSCN as terror organization
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