ZUF claims
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 24 2015:
The Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) claimed that an encounter with a combined team of the security forces and NSCN-IM cadres and the ZUF took place yesterday at Taosang village in Tamenglong district.
According to a statement issued by the ZUF, the encounter ensued when the security forces-NSCN(IM) cadres combined team laid an ambush on the ZUF cadres who went to Taosang on hearing about the alleged brutality of NSCN-IM against the innocent villagers.
Saying that there was no casualty on cadres of the front, the statement suspected that some of its rival might have sustained injury.
After the encounter, the NSCN-IM and SFs called out the villagers and on the pretext of search operation and harassed the public, it alleged.
The statement further accused the security forces of mingling freely with the NSCN-IM cadres and providing protection to them while asking the SFs to restrain from such acts in future.
At the same time, it also said that local politicians are involved in the ongoing conflict with the sole aim of achieving their petty self interest.
For every unwanted incident and disintegration of the Nagas, the NSCN-IM should be held responsible, it cautioned.