Damage, loot of Naga houses condemned
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, October 27 2023:
Naga Welfare Association, National Games Village has condemned damaging and looting of Naga houses by miscreants.
In a release, Association's secretary Joyson Woshinao recounted that residence of one Poashing in Games Village Zone-I was burnt down on October 21 by unknown miscreant, even as miscreants targeted Games Village Tangkhul Church & Pastor quarter in Zone-II on May 4, residences of Tiganlung Rongmei and G Chunthailung in Zone-I on June 4 and killed one Lucy Maring.
Further stating that quarters of Nagas were looted as the residents were attending office, locks of the quarters broken as the housewives left to pick up children from the school and threatened Nagas staying in Games Village PDA, PWD quarters to vacate by using the name of an insurgent group, Joyson Woshinao said all these incidents happened despite an understanding reached not to harm each other, maintain peace and harmony, and leave government quarters of Games Village as free zone in a joint meeting of Naga Welfare Association, Joint Co-ordinating Committee, UCYC Club, local Meira Paibis held on August 3 .
While asserting that Naga Welfare Association will resort to democratic form of agitation in case of undermin ing sentiments of the Nagas, he also urged the state government and leading CSOs of Manipur to take up concrete step or action for ensuring peaceful co-existence at the earliest.
If such acts continue, the Naga tribals will be compelled to shift along with their belonging from Games Village, he added.