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The Yung Aung faction of NSCN-K claims responsibility for the assassination of former legislator Yumsen Matey in Arunachal Pradesh. Learn more about the incident and the alleged involvement of Matey in anti-NSCN activities.

Days after the Yung Aung faction of the banned militant outfit NSCN-K claimed responsibility for the murder of former Arunachal Pradesh legislator Yumsen Matey earlier this month

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Days after the Yung Aung faction of the banned militant outfit NSCN-K claimed responsibility for the murder of former Arunachal Pradesh legislator Yumsen Matey earlier this month, the state government announced a cash reward for information on the whereabouts of the mastermind behind the killing. India News | Ex-MLA Murder: Arunachal Announces Cash Reward for Info on Whereabouts of NSCN Leader.

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NSCNs assertion of capital punishment for ex-MLA Yumsen Matey, cites anti-Naga activities and the Naga national struggle.

Arunachal Pradesh government has approved State Polices proposal to transfer investigations to National Investigation Agency of the killing of Matey. Suspected militant shot dead a former Arunachal Pradesh MLA in a village in Tirap district where he had gone on some personal work last Saturday. Yumsen Matey, a former Congress legislator, along with three of his followers had gone to the village for some personal work when someone took him towards a jungle on some pretext and fired at him killi...

A case has been registered by the Arunachal Pradesh Police and an investigation has been launched to find the culprits involved in the killing of Yums

The attacker reportedly escaped across the border to Myanmar.

54-year-old Yumsem Matey, former legislator in Arunachal Pradesh, was kidnapped and shot dead on the India-Myanmar border by suspected NSCN (Khaplang