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The killing of Matey has come ahead of the 2024 Assembly and the general elections, which will be held simultaneously in the frontier state. The former Congress MLA was also a BJP ticket aspirant from the Khonsa West Assembly seat. He had joined BJP in 2015
The former MLA was killed last week while attending a social event in Raho village of Tirap district by suspected militants from the banned outfit, NSCN (K-YA).
Yumsen Matey, a former Congress MLA, was in Tirap district to attend a social event last week when he was reportedly taken towards a nearby forest on some pretext and shot dead.
A former Congress MLA was killed while attending a social event in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district. Yumsen Matey, a prominent local leader, was visiting the Raho village near the Myanmar Border when he was shot dead, police said.
Former Arunachal Pradesh MLA Yumsen Matey was killed in Tirap district by suspected militants on Saturday evening, official sources said.Sources said the former legislator from Khonsa West Assembly constituency was abducted from a function in ...