Tribune News Service Guwahati, June 21 Heavy gun battle ensued between the Army and a group of unidentified insurgents at Totak Chingnyu in Mon district of Nagaland bordering Myanmar on Tuesday night and subsequent search operation for ultras continued till Wednesday morning. The insurgents were suspected to have fled to the jungle. The Army said the firefight started when Army launched a search operation in the area on the basis of inputs about movement of insurgents. Noticing the movement, the army challenged them and the insurgents opened fire. Faced with heavy retaliation from the Army, the ultras fled to the jungle. The Army then launched a search operation in the area and it was called off on Wednesday morning. Mon district of Nagaland is a hotbed of insurgents from Nagaland, Assam and Manipur which use the route to travel to their base in Myanmar besides indulging in criminal activities like extortion in the area. –

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