Tirong Aboh case: NIA’s ‘wanted’ posters create stir in Arunachal

Itanagar: Has the National Investigation Agency (NIA) finally zeroed in on the killers of Tirong Aboh, the sitting MLA of Arunachal Pradesh’s Khonsa West assembly constituency? If a few posters, which are making the rounds on social media, especially in eastern Arunachal Pradesh, are to be believed, the central agency has not only identified the accused in the sensational killing of Aboh and 10 others in an ambush near Bogapani in Tirap district on May 21, but it is also on their lookout.

If the claims are true, then the NIA has apparently made a major breakthrough in the case that hogged headlines across the country for the manner in which the MLA and his aides were killed on that fateful day.

The posters consist of information regarding a few NSCN cadres, including self-styled Lt Col Apem, a resident of Tizit in Nagaland; self-styled Captain Ellie Ketok, a resident of Kheti village under Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh; self-styled ‘Kilonser’ Ravi Wangno, a resident of Dadam village under Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh; self-styled Major General Absolon Tangkhul, a resident of Phatang village under Ukhrul district of Manipur; and self-styled Captain Victor Tangkhul, a resident of Ukhrul district of Manipur.