UKLF denies, clarifies
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 17 2011:
Reacting to the reported arrest of UKLF members by Bishnupur police and 16th Maratha Light Infantry, the UKLF has clarified that the arrested persons were in no connected with the outfit.
There is no person named Thangminlen Lhungdim alias Lenin in the rank and file of UKLF operating in the area, the outfit said in a press release issued by its information and publicity secretary JM Zou.
"These are purportedly the work of anti UKLF outfits that have sponsored new groups to tarnish the image of the UKLF.
There is no doubt about new outfits formed and sponsored by certain outfits with the whole purpose of repressing the UKLF's effort in ushering in progress, beneficial to all communities", it stated.
The UKLF has been abiding by the SoO ground rules not only in principle but in action too, it said while asking the public not to come to quick conclusion on reports that seek to malign the image of the group.
The whole episode can be engineered only by factions who are hell bent on thwarting negotiation process of the Khulmi Development Council with the Home Ministry.
The outfit further appealed to all UG groups and civil organisations to condemn such degrading acts.