Observing that recent arrests of Nagaland government officials by National Investigating Agency (NIA) for providing financial aid to different Naga political groups could be in exercise of fulfilling constitutional provision, the Naga Hoho (NH), however, maintained that different Indian agencies must at the same time look into the problems from social and political perspective.
In a press release, NH president, P.Chuba Ozukum, and vice president, H.K. Zhimomi, said the administration of post Indian Independence “attempted to subjugate Naga people and its territories under the guise of law and order problem.” However, NH said the military generals and various prime ministers of India have realized the necessity to deal with the issues peacefully and politically towards bringing permanent solution.
In this backdrop, the Hoho said that “no sensible person can expect to have conducive atmosphere in Naga areas as the people’s resistance movement has been ‘guerrilla warfare’ in nature and as such any struggling nation or people cannot survive without depending on the people’s contribution and cooperation.”
The need of the hour, NH said was to focus seriously towards early political settlement so as to eradicate all forms of social problems and injustice in the society.
NH said it strongly felt that be it government employees or businessman was providing the assistance willingly or unwillingly but under compulsion. Therefore, NH said that the arrested government officials should not be treated as law breakers. In this regard, the Hoho strongly appealed to the NIA “to ponder with all seriousness and avoid misdemeanours while dealing with such issues.”
Meanwhile, the NH also termed as “uncalled for and beyond tolerance” the arrest of wife and relatives of Niki Sumi, NSCN (K) leader, in Manipur recently by Assam Rifles “merely on suspicion”.
Arresting of innocent Naga people by Armed forces and putting under various sections of infamous laws was unacceptable, NH said, adding that such inhuman act has been meted out to the kith and kin of Naga national workers even in the past whereby many were executed and tortured mercilessly.
Naga Hoho has therefore urged the authorities to discontinue with the trial of those arrested persons and look beyond the horizon by realizing the plight and rights of the people.
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