NEW DELHI/GUWAHATI: The Indian Army inflicted "heavy casualties" on NSCN (Khaplang) cadres in a major operation in the Mon district of Nagaland along the India-Myanmar border in the early hours of Wednesday, turning up the heat on insurgent groups that establish camps in forests across the border.The Army said the operation could not be called "a surgical strike" as "Indian troops did not cross the international border".It is not possible to put a number but many casualties were suffered by the insurgents, many of whom fled across the border, a senior Army officer said. "The operation... lasted over four hours. But after suffering some losses... the insurgents... fled. There could have been some spillover across the border in pursuit of the fleeing militants," said anofficer.NSCN(K) is controlled by an Indian Naga, Khago Konyak, after its chairman and a Burmese Hemi Naga, S S Khaplang, died in June. It had unilaterally abrogated a 14-year ceasefire with India in 2015, but its 2012 ceasefire with Myanmar is in force.

Source: Times of India September 27, 2017 20:15 UTC