The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday announced a cash reward of Rs 7 lakh to any information leading to the arrest of NSCN-K chief SS Khaplang.
The agency also declared a cash award of Rs 10 lakh for information leading to arrest of the commander of the armed wing of the insurgent group, Niki Sumi.
The insurgent group is responsible for killing as many as 18 Indian Army soldiers in an ambush of a military convoy on June 4 in Chandel district of Manipur.
As many as five members of the ambush group were arrested in August.
On July 19 also, Mayanglambam Manglemba alias Touthing Ngangba of NSCN(K) was nabbed from Tuisimi village in the state.
On June 4, a team of 6 Dogra Regiment was on a road opening patrol (ROP) as part of its daily routine along Tengnoupal-New Samtal road, about 80 km from Imphal, when it was attacked with a powerful Improvised Explosive Device.
After the IED blast, the insurgents had resorted to heavy firing at the convoy of four Army vehicles with RPGs and automatic weapons.
Based on his information given by Mayanglambam Manglemba, alias Touthing Ngangba, intelligence teams of the Army carried out further search for the remaining members of the ambush team after which Chingkhiurei Gangmei was apprehended at Tamenglong on August 4.
In between, another cadre Rajanglung was also arrested, the sources said.
In June, NIA arrested a key member of NSCN(K) for allegedly being a part of the conspiracy.
Hitting back after the June 4 ambush, Indian Army commandos had carried out what was claimed to be surgical strikes, hitting two camps of insurgents at two locations along Nagaland and Manipur borders with Myanmar, inflicting serious damage on the ultras.
NSCN(K), which reneged from a ceasefire in March, has been involved in a series of attacks in tandem with some other terrorist groups under the banner of an umbrella group 'United Liberation Front of South East Asia'.
(With PTI Inputs)
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