Overview
- Six NSCN Eastern Flank members were ambushed near Hongbei village in Kamjong on Saturday night, leaving four dead and two on the run.
- NSCN-IM said no order was given to attack rival factions and called the incident a botched operation under internal rules that it is now probing.
- Security forces launched combing operations and police carried out a spot inquiry in the forested area near the Indo–Myanmar border to prevent retaliation.
- Following Sunday’s unrest, an angry crowd in Ukhrul torched the NSCN-IM Wung regional office, and officials reported no injuries at the site.
- By Tuesday, a 48-hour shutdown had emptied markets and roads as student and civil groups demanded a clean investigation, with some families delaying last rites and the chief minister urging calm after meetings with local leaders.