<p>Security forces launched a manhunt for two NSCN militants who fled from Khonsa jail in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district after killing a police guard and injuring another on Sunday night. </p>.<p>Police said the two militants belonging to the Nikki Sumi faction of the NSCN, snatched the weapon of a police guard at around 6 pm on Sunday and fired several rounds on two policemen. One of the policemen died on the way to the hospital while the other was seriously injured. </p>.<p>Police, CRPF and Assam Rifles personnel launched a manhunt for the militants soon after the incident. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/insurgency-free-arunachal-pradesh-15-enng-militants-leader-surrender-1199494.html" target="_blank">Insurgency-free Arunachal Pradesh: 15 ENNG militants, leader surrender</a></strong></p>.<p>All roads to neighbouring Changlang and Longding districts have been sealed while search operations have been launched along the district's border with Myanmar. </p>.<p>The militants belong to the Nikki Sumi faction of the NSCN, a Naga militant group, which is active in the Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts of Arunachal Pradesh and neighbouring Nagaland. </p>.<p>"Probe has also been started to identify the lapses in the security arrangements in Khonsa jail," a police official at Khonsa said. There are nearly 50 inmates (both convicts and undertrials) in Khonsa jail at present.</p>
<p>Security forces launched a manhunt for two NSCN militants who fled from Khonsa jail in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district after killing a police guard and injuring another on Sunday night. </p>.<p>Police said the two militants belonging to the Nikki Sumi faction of the NSCN, snatched the weapon of a police guard at around 6 pm on Sunday and fired several rounds on two policemen. One of the policemen died on the way to the hospital while the other was seriously injured. </p>.<p>Police, CRPF and Assam Rifles personnel launched a manhunt for the militants soon after the incident. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/insurgency-free-arunachal-pradesh-15-enng-militants-leader-surrender-1199494.html" target="_blank">Insurgency-free Arunachal Pradesh: 15 ENNG militants, leader surrender</a></strong></p>.<p>All roads to neighbouring Changlang and Longding districts have been sealed while search operations have been launched along the district's border with Myanmar. </p>.<p>The militants belong to the Nikki Sumi faction of the NSCN, a Naga militant group, which is active in the Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts of Arunachal Pradesh and neighbouring Nagaland. </p>.<p>"Probe has also been started to identify the lapses in the security arrangements in Khonsa jail," a police official at Khonsa said. There are nearly 50 inmates (both convicts and undertrials) in Khonsa jail at present.</p>