Liangmai Ruangdi, Mumbai condemns
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Imphal, June 22 2023:
The Liangmai Ruangdi, Mumbai (LR-M) has condemned the "barbaric and dreadful incident" where a Liangmai Naga house was burnt down at Leimakhong Chingmang Village on June 18 night allegedly by the Kukis.
The Liangmai community, under the directive of the Naga apex body UNC, has been neutral and caused no harm to anyone in this unfortunate Kuki-Meitei conflict, said LR-M .
Besides this, to avoid any untoward incident as per concern instructions, the Liangmai Nagas living in Leimakhong were directed to write and display the tag 'Liangmai Naga' in their gates of their respective houses to avoid any unfortunate incident, it added.
The Mumbai based Liangmai body also asserted that Leimakhong village is dominated by the Kukis community with few Meiteis, Nagas and Nepalis.
As per Naga customary law, burning of a house is considered as one of the biggest crimes.
To our utter shock, even after displaying 'Liangmai Naga' tag in front of the gates and Kukis living as neighbours, the Liangmai house was burnt down, it added.
As if the incident was not enough, it has been observed that some vested individuals have been throwing weight or blaming others on various social media platforms to add enmity to the situation, it added.
The Laingmai body further mentioned that disseminating rumours or blaming others for any wrongdoing is not the ethics of Christians and tribal culture.