One of the most lasting images from Independence Day of 2021 was when supporters of the banned militant outfit HNLC snatched arms from the police and took over a Shillong town waving black flags after the death of the HNLC leader Cherishterfield Thangkhiew in Meghalaya.
Watch this episode of ‘Decoded’ to understand how this incident brought to light the rise in insurgency in a once ‘model state’ of northeast India.
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