Source: The Sangai Express
Dimapur, January 01:
An NSCN-IM captain was gunned down this evening in Dimapur by the NSCN-K cadres.The NSCN-IM officer identified as captain Jasper belonging to the Tangkhul community was shot dead at 5 pm today at Nagarjan area in Dimapur.
Captain Jasper was said to be the "quarter master" of Hebron's GHQ of NSCN (I-M).
The incident happened at around 5 pm when two NSCN (I-M) cadre members, who came in a Mahindra Pickup (NL-0-2C-1102), were buying petrol from a petrol pump.
The sources said the attackers numbering four fired from point blank range.
While Jasper died on the spot, the driver of the vehicle managed to escape.
Eight empty cases along with one live cartridge were recovered from the spot.
The incident came barely a day after armed NSCN (K) activists shot dead a "Sgt Maj" of the NSCN (I-M) at Daklane, Kohima, on Tuesday.