A senior Naga militant leader of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) has been shot dead by members of a rival group in Manipur's interior hilly Tamenglong district, police said today.
Self-styled Public Relations Officer of the NSCN-K, David Loveson was shot dead from point blank range by suspected members of the NSCN-Isak and Muivah faction while he was roaming around his village, Ajuiram Thiulon, about 95 kms west of here, yesterday, they said.
The body was taken to Regional Institute of Medical Science and Hospital here for post mortem, they said, adding that both the militant factions have been at loggerheads for some time, trying to dominate the Naga-majority Tamenglong district bordering Nagaland.
