Dimapur, May 17: Although there have been no reports of the follow-up clashes between the warring NSCN factions today, things are quite tense with most of the shops and other business establishments closed on Saturday as the fear psychosis gripped among the people here.

The uneasy calm in the Nagaland commercial hub Dimapur looks empty on Saturday with the less number of people venturing out in the open fearing that the follow-up clashes may occur.

Meanwhile, the NSCN-IM in a statement indicated that the Saturday mob was a communal in nature.

Mention may be made the mob had targeted houses belonging to a particular community on Friday after the clashes between the NSCN factions had happened with the casualties incurring only on one side alone.

"Unprecedented in the history of the long Naga struggle, fanaticism and communal fang is displaying its ugly heads, a sheer madness of overbearing attitude by giving priority to communal and sectarian interests over Naga national interest," said the NSCN-IM on Saturday.

The outfit said that the en route of mob culture is a direct challenge to undermine the main issue of the Naga people under the ongoing Indo-Naga peace process.

"This is also to be treated as an effrontery that will only boomerang.

Because no communal force with its hawkish mindset will ever succeed in its futile attempt to put the Indo-Naga issue at the wrong hands of illegal organization.

No sane Naga individual or society will take a step forward to make any alignment with such force that abused the Indo-Naga issue from communal angle," stated the NSCN-IM in a statement today.

It also said that the tragic incident leading to the lost of precious lives will continue to haunt Azheto Chophy for a very long time to come, the real culprit in any sense of the term.

"This is a fight between two rival groups, a reluctant fight back for the NSCN to teach Azheto group not to go overboard, sacrificing many souls for a lost cause," cautions the NSCN-IM statement.

It then said that the demonstration of protest against the killing on the line of communal mob is uncalled for and against the spirit of justice and social cohesion.

"This is nothing less than senseless intervention bereft of any spirit that encompasses the interest of the whole Nagas," said the outfit.

The NSCN-IM statement also said that making roughshod over the Indo-Naga issue of such dimension with uncivilized killings of innocent Nagas on communal line is a shame that cannot be erased easily.

Significantly, making a communal issue of killing as a result of factional fight of serious nature as provoked and started by Azheto is a mockery of highest order, added the outfit.

"Interestingly, human and inhuman way of looking at the killings is visibly seen, as hue and cry was raised for any killing falling on the side of NSCN's rival.

But killing of public and NSCN members were just scorned at, and laughed away as if they are worthless animals.

Is this not an act devilish deception that has come to exist under the shadow of Azheto?," asked the NSCN-IM today.

It also said that a coward and hypocrite in the incarnation of 'national workers' or sympathizers under the stolen name of 'NSCN' have become the most dangerous elements and history will judge the folly of this madness.

"There is no use focusing on the notoriety of Azheto with the usual hyperbole.

The diversion of the Nagas' energy and time should not go headstrong but rationale," affirmed the NSCN-IM in a statement dispatched to the media in Dimapur on Saturday.

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