Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network
Dimapur, August 29 2010:
There is a twist regarding the news of the killing of NSCN-IM 'major' Ngachonmi Jajo in Mon district of Nagaland two days ago.
According to the press communique issued to the media in Dimapur today, the NSCN-IM alleged that it was the combined force of 6th Assam Rifles, the NSCN-K and the 164th Infantry Territorial Army who were responsible for the killing of the NSCN-IM 'major'.
According to the NSCN-IM, the shooting of the NSCN-IM 'major' was done by one of the NSCN-K cadres.
"Narrating over the incident leading to the death of late 'major' Ngachonmi, the NSCN Internal Security Kilonser (minister) V.Horam said that the combined forces of 6th Assam Riffles, 164th Infantry Territorial Army and cadres of Khaplang came to attack the Naga Army at Namsa Tizit, Mon district.
On reaching the village ground adjacent to a jungle where the incident took place, the attackers who were mostly in civvies put on uniform and thereby identified 'major' Ngachonmi.
In a pre-planned maneuver, the Assam Riffles and the Territorial Army approached from the front.
While Major Ngachonmi was trying to reason out with them the purpose of their coming in the backdrop of the ceasefire, one Khaplang cadre sporting with long hair shot 'major' Ngachonmi from the back.
When asked by Assam Riffles as to why he was shot, the man replied in Nagamese that it was accidentally misfired.
The body guards of 'major' Ngachonmi were witness to the entire episode," said the NSCN-IM statement today.
The NSCN-IM then said that the government of India and the "Khaplang group" will be answerable to this outright act of cowardice since the NSCN is sincerely engaged in peaceful negotiations with the government of India for 'a genuine Naga political solution' and at the same time committed to the reconciliatory efforts with the "Khaplang group" under the aegis of Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) to bring an end to bloodshed amongst the Naga brethren.