Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 22 2009:
Disclosing that the Manipur Naga Revolutionary Front (MNRF) was set up with Tangkhul leaders against the atrocities, excesses and repressive activities committed by NSCN (IM), the MNRF said that one of its primary objective is to restore the age-old fraternal bond between the hills and valley people.
A press release issued by the outfit's information and publicity secretary C Rocky further alleged that the NSCN (IM) has the wicked tradition of disowning any individual they sent to commit a crime in case the criminal act get exposed and the public rose up against it.
Saying that NSCN (IM) has no respect for the hill people as they are even defying the Government, the MNRF said that the hill people are suffering a lot under the excesses and knavery of NSCN (IM).
With the Government succeeding in rescuing the three surviving employees who were abducted together with late Dr Th Kishan and his two staff, people are hopeful that the whole truths and facts of the brutal murder and its perpetrators can be ascertained now, it noted.
Once the culprits are identified, the individuals/organisation involved should not allowed to go unpunished under any circumstance, it asserted.
It is well known to the public that there are many Tangkhuls in the NSCN (IM) leadership and the slain SDO and his staff were abducted from the heart of Ukhrul, the outfit said while asserting that the crime would not have been committed with the knowledge/approval of the Tangkhul community.
As such, it is logical to ask the Tangkhul community to take initiative in searching for the culprits however it would not be correct to add any communal hue such as Meetei/Meitei versus Tangkhul, remarked the outfit.
While calling upon all to join hands in hunting down the culprits and punishing them accordingly, the outfit observed that it would not be correct to harm innocent persons belonging to any community.