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Rebels vacate Siroy after 14-day siege
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Feb. 2: The 14-day Siroy siege ended today with the 30-odd Naga militants holed up in the Ukhrul village finally moving out.
On Saturday, Union home minister P. Chidambaram had said the Centre would consider further talks with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) only after the camp was vacated.
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A senior government official in Ukhrul told The Telegraph over phone that the troops escorted the cadres out of the camp.
“Barring the report that the cadres vacated the camp, the Assam Rifles did not disclose the destination of the cadres,” the official said.
For the past fortnight, the Assam Rifles has tried a number of tactics to force the Naga militants to leave the camp.
They first offered “safe passage” to the rebels, provided they moved to a designated camp — an offer the militants declined. Next, the troops cut off food, water and electricity supplies to the camp, hoping that the rebels would surrender once they ran out of ration.
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Assam Rifles jawan kills 6 colleagues at Manipur checkpost
New Delhi: In perhaps the worst case of fratricidal killing in the security forces, a jawan of the Assam Rifles shot dead six of his colleagues at a remote checkpost in Manipur’s Ukhrul district this evening.
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Security forces are searching for the jawan who hails from Nagaland and is believed to be familiar with the local terrain. Police suspect he might be headed to a stronghold of the NSCN-IM insurgents. The group has a ceasefire agreement with the Government in Nagaland but is active in Manipur.
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