Dimapur, October 14 2008: The Isak-Muivah faction of the NSCN said today that the killing of its officers in North Cachar Hills of Assam recently by their own comrades was a new consiracy coming in the garb of defection.

The NSCN-IM said that their officers "captain" Chinaochung and "Sgt Major" Ngachanthingreipam were killed by cadres who had defected from the NSCN-K to the NSCN-IM just one month ago.

"The sheer weight of K's defection to the mainstream and the rumbling in the group over the confusing leadership's role and with the increasing number of members questioning the legitimacy of the group vis-a-vis the Naga national struggle, is generating a new conspiracy but coming in the garb of defection.

This has come to surface in the new twist of things as witnessed today," stated the NSCN-IM.

"The killing of NSCN's Captain Chinaochung and SgtMaj Ngachanthin-greipam by their comrades in North Cachar Hills on October 11 was a part of the conspiracy that is being enforced to wreck the NSCN," alleged the NSCN-IM.

The outfit further stated that 'the comrades' who defected from NSCN-K group just a month back and who were accepted to the NSCN-IM after being made to go through public scrutiny to grant them the status of 'genuine home comers' later turned themselves as wolves in sheep's clothing.

"And they killed their senior comrades in arms in cold blooded manner.

With zero-level political education on Naga political struggle other than teaching with the sting of communalism and parochialism these members have no compunction to go for such action.

But such deep-rooted conspiracy is not a new incident," said the NSCN-IM in a statement.

Recalling the past such incident, the NSCN-IM alleged that earlier on May 14 this year, a conspiracy was hatched by the then Azheto's Unification group when they invited late Lt Pouken to come to a particular spot in Dimapur's Burma camp area in order to facilitate defection with arms.

But on reaching the spot he was inhumanly tortured and hacked to death.

Pouken's friend Lt Solomon was lucky to escape with injuries, it added.

"With such conspiracy in their pockets these K-group says 'it has the courage to listen to the voice of the Naga people'.

The devilish conspiracy never represents the voice of the Naga people, and the voice of the Naga people never spit the venom of parochialism and communalism in the name of Naga political issue.

These are the roadblocks to reconciliation and unity.

But the K-group is desperate to exploit the sentiments of the Naga people on the issue of reconciliation, not knowing that the Naga people have learnt the hard way not to rate themselves naïve any longer.

Who guides the Naga people and who misguides the Naga people? But the Naga people are getting wiser," stated the Isak-Muivah faction of the NSCN in a statement tonight.