UNC worried over Tamenglong incident, calls for sanity
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 03 2012:
United Naga Council (UNC) has expressed deep concern over the gun battle among Naga militant groups at Tamenglong District HQ in the afternoon of the 2nd October, 2012 in which an innocent civilian Jakailung Gangmei was killed.
In a statement, UNC observed that recurrence of violence particularly in populated areas has come as a rude shock and has caused widespread insecurity and panic among the civil populace in the area.
The movement for reconciliation among the Naga political groups initiated by the Forum for Naga Reconciliation has been making much progress with the blessing and endorsement of the Naga people.
Side by side the negotiation on the Naga political issue is said to have reached an advanced stage, the statement said, while appealing to the parties concerned to discard confrontationist positions and to make use of the space for dialogue and communication as violence will only complicate and aggravate the situation.
"While acknowledging the Zeliangrong civil society organizations and churches for their ceaseless efforts towards reconciliation and peace, we also appeal to the general public of the area for reason and good sense in handling the highly vitiated situation so that peace and goodwill among the Naga brethren is restored at the earliest", the statement said, and prayed for peaceful repose of the departed soul of Jakailung Gangmei.