Eastern Naga orgs extend 48-hrs to produce April 19 culprits

Taking strong exception to failure of NSCN (I-M) to meet the deadlines set earlier by Eastern Nagaland organizations over the submission of ‘action taken report’ on the assault of a former ENSF speaker, organizations based in the region Sunday gave 48-hours extension to the deadline for producing those involved in the April 19 incident.

In a joint statement signed by ENPO president P.Pongom, ENSF president Likhumse Sangtam, ENWO president Menlei said the three organizations along with six tribal hohos and ENSF federating units had in a meeting held on Saturday resolved that NSCN (I-M) CFMG additional secretary Joseph Lotha and his accomplices must be produced before the law enforcing agency in connection with the assault on former ENSF speaker Throngso Yimchunger and for using “abusive words” against Eastern Naga leaders and frontal organizations.

The organizations said the deadline comes into effect from the time and date of publication of this press statement.

The three apex organizations said that if the responsible authority failed to produce the culprits before the law enforcing agency, they would take their own course of action.

They also reminded that a representation submitted to the NSCN (I-M) kilo kilonser had demanded action against the culprits and the action taken report to be intimated to ENPO on or before May 4.

In a press release on April 29, ENPO vice president Sashi Naga and general secretary Thamlong Phom said the organization had taken serious note of “defamatory” remarks made upon the public of Eastern Nagas in general and the leaders of Eastern Nagas in particular.

Further, the Eastern Naga organization said that it was compelled to “pressurize” the NSCN (I-M) collective leadership to immediately take action without delay on the erring cadres.