[ Bengia Ajum ]

ITANAGAR, 30 Sep: Three more operatives of the United Tani Army (UTA), which the state police have designated as the eastern flank of the NSCN, surrendered on Tuesday at the police headquartershere.

The surrendered operatives have been identified as Jonali Basumatary (corporal), Jummik Riba (lieutenant finance secretary), and Seng Seng Thowmoung (sergeant major, eastern zone commander). The trio also laid down their arms, surrendering their pistols and live ammunition.

All three had joined the UTA and undergone military training in Myanmar, where the self-declared chairman of the UTA, Anthony Doke, is currently based. They were encouraged to return to Arunachal Pradesh by the state police. The trio returned from Myanmar last month after fleeing NSCN camps, where they ha

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