Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 27 2009:
Referring to the reported charges made against SDO Th Kishan by Lt Col H Ningshen of the NSCN (IM), the prime accused in the triple murder case, the Manipur Naga Revolutionary Front (MNRF) has debunked the charges as lacking any substance or authenticity.
Even if the SDO had reasons to be eliminated, either genuine or not, did Lt Col H Ningshen had any valid reason to explain the brutal murder of Dr Kishan's two sub-ordinate staff, asked MNRF in a press release issued by its information and publicity secretary C Rocky.
Quoting the chargesheet reportedly submitted to NSCN (IM) authority by Ningshen which incriminates SDO Kishan of running his office from his Imphal residence rather than at the sub-divisional Hqs, misappropriation of public fund and maintaining close link with Naga National Liberation Army (Aleng group), the MNRF questioned whether the SDO's alleged association with the Naga UG group, so called Aleng gang, was any different from the NSCN (IM)'s association with Government officers of Manipur.
H Ningshen's confessional statement is nothing but a camouflage to cover up the dirty works of NSCN (IM) carried with during ceasefire and peace process with Government of India.
It was also a political conspiracy to incite communal tension in Manipur.
If the NSCN cadres can murder a Government officer on alleged charges of associating with a Naga UG group, why not criminal proceedings be initiated against suspended Ukhrul DC Pankaj Kumar Pal for his alleged association with "Nagaland based UG group in Manipur", the MNRF contended.
Asserting that the SPF Government has been silently watching the alleged act of high-handedness perpetrated by NSCN (IM) in the hill districts for the last seven/eight years as if nothing was happening in the hill districts, the MNRF accused NSCN (IM) of siphoning off development funds meant for Ukhrul district in cahoots with the suspended Ukhrul DC.