NIA seizes Rs 28 lakh from NSCN-K leader’s wife

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The NIA on Tuesday said it seized Rs 27.90 lakh from the houses of Shelly Sumi, wife of Niki Sumi -- the self-styled General of the banned outfit NSCN-K -- and others in Nagaland's Dimapur district.

The raids were part of its ongoing case against them for extorting people and sending the money to Myanmar to fund the activities of the terrorist organisation.

"We conducted searches at the houses of Nikki, Ikheli Yeptho, Shutoli and Hozheli at Naharbari Basti in Dimapur earlier in the day and recovered cash amounting to Rs 27.90 lakh," a National Investigation Agency (NIA) statement said.

It said the seized money was suspected to have been extorted from the public or government servants, meant for sending to the NSCN-K camps in Myanmar to fund activities "prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India".

A total of 12 mobile phones, three laptops, one hard disk and 33 incriminating documents were also seized, it said.

The statement said the NIA got intelligence inputs in April that Shelly was believed to be carrying huge amounts of money to Myanmar to fund the NSCN-K. Later, the agency filed a case against her and others.

NSCN-K is the major insurgent group operating in Nagaland.

(This story has not been edited by Social News XYZ staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)