Dated: 19th January 2017.
Unable to control the recent social unrest created due to the illegitimate policy and to divert attention of the people, Manipur Chief Minister Ibobi Singh is now seeking deceptive ways and means to thwart upon the Naga’s democratic voice of protest against his commercial government. The killing of Dikhuanang Gonmei s/o Tajimang Gonmei of Chaengdai village a promosing student and three others seriously injuring Jacky Kamei (30) and Thanilung Kamei (31) of Taobam village and Nipen Kalita (24) of Khatkati on 12th January 2017 at Khumji (Lukhambi) village by the Manipur state security forces discloses very shocking diabolic scheme of thing by the Manipur government towards the Nagas. The incident got viral in social media networking site blaming the NSCN without proper verification.
The NSCN after painstaking investigation, taking into account from various reliable sources, came to the conclusion that the crime was committed by the manipur commandos. The commandos came in camouflage uniform speaking indistinct accent of Nagamese and indiscriminately firing upon the ill-fated innocent travelers to make believe as it was done by the NSCN cadres. Stretch of the length of National Highway from Imphal to Jiribam was already sanitized and strictly guarded by both the state and the Indian armed forces where penetration of other forces is impossible. To whitewash their crime after the shooting, operation was carried out by the commandos themselves thereby projecting others of the incident.
It may also be recalled that similar incident happened on 8th January 2017 at Tengnoupal area where a Kuki village chief and church leader were kidnapped at the behest of Ibobi Singh by Manipur valley based militant identifying themselves as Meitei underground. But when dead bodies were brought nearby a naga village, they spoke in Nagamese whereby simply blame the NSCN in various socisl media to create enmity and misunderstanding among the hill people.
The NSCN strongly condemn the Manipur state government led by Ibobi for giving freehand to the henchmen commandos to commit heinous crime which has no place in a civilized society. Playing games at the cost of innocent Nagascivilian life like slaughtering animals is unpardonable crime to be punished by all means. Till today no action has been taken against the culprit commandos by the state government. If such trends continue on the Nagas, the NSCN shall no longer tolerate but will defend our people and land with all available resources at our disposal.
MIP, Hebron.