KSO rebuffs Sampui VA claim, alleges construction activity for housing NSCN-IM
Source: The Sangai Express

Kangpokpi, April 03 2018: Rebuffing the statement of Sampui Village Authority claiming settlement in Chassad land since time immemorial, the Kuki Students' Organization- GHQ has claimed that the statement of Sampui VA is mere allegation with an intention to forcefully occupy the land of Chassad.

The Kuki Students' Organization-GHQ, General Secretary, Thanglalshon Baite said that not a single fact is present in the Sampui Village Authority statement while terming it as a baseless allegation to forcefully occupy the land of Chassad so as to house NSCN-IM workers.

He pointed out that Sampui village was established with just three households as a protectorate of Chassad and it's claims of settlement since time immemorial is a blatant lie.

It also asked, if Sampui village claimed to possess documents of rights over the land why did it lost every case in law Courts.

"Chassad village possess legal documents and land rights that date back from colonial period" Baite claimed while adding that it [KSO] is in possession of the legal documents and land rights that clearly proves the land rightfully belongs to Chassad.

He said that if the Sampui Village Authority is willing to see the legal documents and land rights of Chassad they may be allowed to see it.

He also elucidated that Laijang is not a village but a place named by Chassad because of the topography of the place.

The KSO further claimed that the headman of Sampui claiming the ongoing construction activity as that of village expansion is also lying while alleging that everybody in the locality knows that the ongoing construction activity is for housing NSCN-IM workers and as the Sampui village has no legal rights over the said land it is taking the help of NSCN IM to intimidate Chassad village and occupy the land forcibly.

Reiterating that the said land rightfully belongs to Chassad, the students body also said that now the issue has the potential to create adverse communal crisis and conveyed the anxiousness of Chassad villagers in lodging FIR on the trespassing for fear of reprisal from NSCN IM.

Claiming that the matter was intimated to the Chief Minister months back, the KSO-GHQ urged the State Government to intervene and settle the issue at the earliest while demanding all construction activities at the said land to be ceased immediately to prevent further deterioration of the prevailing peaceful coexistence in the area.

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