Remove Central forces from Naga areas : ANSAM
Source: The Sangai Express

Senapati, May 08 2026: The All Naga Students' Association, Manipur (ANSAM) has strongly condemned the 'cross-border terrorist aggression' allegedly carried out by Kuki armed militants under SoO, along with the Myanmar based Peoples Defence Force (PDF) and the Kuki National Anny-Burma (KNA-B) in Kamjong district yesterday.

In a press release, the student body stated that coordinated attacks have been ongoing in the Naga villages of TM Kasom, Ringui, Thoyee, Sharkaphung, S Laho, and Sinakeithei, followed by a large-scale armed assault during the early hours of 7 May 2026 on Z Choro, Namlee, Wanglee Market, and Ashang Khullen.

The attacks, which reduced homes to ashes, ANSAM said, was a part of a deliberate campaign of terror aimed at intimidating indigenous Naga communities to pursue the Kuki militants' ambition of Zalengam, based on fabricated historical nanatives.

Later the same day, the Kuki militants attacked Sinakeithei villagers again around 12.30 pm, firing indiscriminately from the Lungter Hill Range and fatally injuring a villager with multiple gunshot wounds, it said ANSAM said that these crimes, violating international human rights, have been going in Kamjong and Ukhrul following the illegal intrusion of hundreds of heavily armed KNA-B militants and PDF fighters, coordinated with Kuki refugees from Myanmar who are taking refuge in 'Naga dominated land' .

It claimed that the Kuki militants launched indiscriminate gunfire, bombing, and multi-directional assaults.

The destruction of civilian homes, allegedly carried out under the watch of the Indian Armed Forces, exposed lapses in security and raised questions about possible complicity, ANSAM said.

ANSAM also claimed that combat drones were illegally used during the attacks, escalating the sophistication of violence against defenceless villagers.

Women, children, and elderly villagers were forced to flee into forests under horrific conditions, while homes, granaries, livestock, and essential belongings were looted or destroyed, it stated.

ANSAM condemned these alleged acts as deliberate terror aimed at economically crippling and psychologically intimidating the indigenous Naga population.

The release emphasised that the.

Myanmar based KNA-B and PDF have no historical, political, territorial, or moral legitimacy to infiltrate and operate in indigenous Naga territories.

'No refugee-backed militant apparatus or foreign armed syndicate shall ever possess the legitimacy to desecrate ancestral Naga lands through terror, looting, abduction, and militarised encroachment.

The abduction, disappearance, intimidation, and terrorisation of indigenous villagers by the Myanmar based Kuki armed militants, KNA-B represent a gross violation of human rights and an unforgivable assault upon the collective dignity and security of the Naga people.

These attacks are not isolated incidents confined to a handful of villages.

They constitute a direct attack upon the collective sanctity and historical existence of the indigenous populace in the State," ANSAM stated.

ANSAM demanded immediate intervention to release Naga civilians allegedly abducted by KNA-B and called for the deployment of Manipur State forces and specialised commando units in affected villages.

It demanded the removal of Central forces, especially the Assam Rifles, from Naga-dominated areas.

ANSAM also urged the Government to initiate large-scale search and rescue operations, recover looted property, and ensure the protection and safe rehabilitation of displaced families.

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