NSCN/GPRN clarifies on Haochong incident
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Tamenglong, June 25 2012: Reacting against the report appeared in local dailies indicating involvement of NSCN in killing of three Khaplang boys and two innocent villagers at Haochong village under Tamenglong district, NSCN/GPRN clarified that the report was completely false and bereft of factual evidence.

Taking serious note over the allegation, the NSCN/GPRN advised 'Khaplang boys' to properly ascertain the facts before going to the press and refrain from such acts in future.

In a press release, GPRN stated that the 'Khaplang boys', on a number of occasions, have been trying the patience of the NSCN/GPRN.

On 2nd January 2008, while the national workers and the Zeliangrong Elders Peace Brokers Forum (ZEPBF) were in the process of initiating a peaceful environment within Tamenglong District, Khaplang men attacked the NP Battalion, Naga Army at Buining Village under Tamenglong District.

On Thursday, June 21, 2012, at around 9:00 PM, Sgt Major Athikho Mao was abducted and shot dead in cold blood by the 'Khaplang boys'.

Further, it is also learnt that defying repeated pleas of the villagers to go away from the village, the 'Khaplang boys' were camping and partying at Haochong village with the so-called ZUF on that fateful day, for a reason best known to them.

Despite all these provocations, the NSCN remains patient to safeguard the Naga peace process.

GPRN asserted that the incident was the outcome of a common habit of madmen fighting and killing out of drinking and quarrelling for a petty matter.

Such unnecessary and shameful acts of deceitful group of people should be condemned by all.

The NSCN/GPRN once again makes it known to one and all that its cadres have had no hand in the Haochong killings and therefore, urges the Assam Rifles to immediately stop harassing NSCN/GPRN cadres and their families in connivance with the Khaplang and ZUF men in Tamenglong District.

The Assam Rifles should remember the bitter days in Nagalim in the past and also remember that they too have families or loved ones, GPRN warned.

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