GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF NAGALIM
Ministry of Information and Publicity
PRESS STATEMENT
Hebron, 28th May, 2018
Assam Rifles deliberate attempt to derail the peace process:
Tolerance of Naga Army, while honoring the peace initiative in search of solution and peace between the Nagas people and the Union of India when tested to the extreme, could result in negative impacts to the common quest for a solution.
India’s unconventional military actions perpetuated on the Naga people whose unrelenting resistance is a matter of voluminous book full of human rights violations, custodial death, summary execution, mass rape and the Nagas being used as human shields while conducting their undeclared war even after a ceasefire declaration and well established Cease Fire Ground Rules in place.
A sincere appeal of the NSCN leadership to the appropriate Indian authority is to shun deliberate and defiant crossing of limits under the eye of the agreed CF ground rules. This indicates that there is bankruptcy of political will, even though committed to resolve a conflict which has unfairly cost both the GoI and the Nagas. Further, the Home Ministry of the GoI should not undermine the realization of the successive Indian prime Ministers and Army Chiefs that Indo-Naga conflict is not a law and order problem but a political problem.
The recent conduct of the 23rd Assam Rifles under the command of VJ Mishra, using the natives as human shields to raid the NSCN camp at Tazeikaiphun (a Rongmei Naga village) on the 24th May, 2018 was nothing but a repetition of Assam Rifles’ several record of the despicable actions of the Indian military act of cowardice while maneuvering for their next rank. To those promotion-driven Assam Rifles personnel, it is reminded that NSCN cadres are respecting the hard earned peace talk, but the repetitive unconventional art of hunting the Naga Army could severely create repercussion which may ultimately distract the peace process even if the dialogue is going on in New Delhi.
In a similar incident, Sergeant Pangang Gangsa of Shongshen Bn, Naga Army was arrested right in front of his wife Ngamnoi Gangsa, a resident of Wakkah village, Longding district, Arunachal Pradesh on 25/05/2018 and brutally murdered by the 6th Assam Rifles personnel. AR’s framed story of encounter and gun battle can never cover up the distorted action they have committed. The bullet ridden body Sgt. Pangang Gangsa inevitably bored the testimony of Assam Rifles customary brutality and cowardice. The thumb of the Naga Army was yet to dry, showcasing forced signature under duress in order for the Assam Rifles to write their design tale in a blank paper later.
It is no longer a matter of mere condemnation in printed media, but the time for the NSCN to act. This message should be relayed to the Indian authority that the Naga Army shall not be held accountable should the peace initiative be seriously disrupted out of any action suitably replied against the Assam Rifles’ constant provocative actions.
NSCN/GPRN mourns his death and salute the national martyr for having rendered a selfless national service. His name has been listed in the record of Naga National Martyrs never to be forgotten. A deep condolence is conveyed to the bereaved family members who are left behind.
Isued by the MIP