CNTC appeals to NIA

Central Nagaland Tribes Council (CNTC) has made a fervent appeal to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) “to exercise restraint on those state government employees and officers of Nagaland presently arrested in the extortion case for allegedly providing substantial amounts from the government funds to some underground outfits.”

In a press note, CNTC media cell pointed out that it was difficult to provide security to every official at all times, since the government employees were “always under threat and extreme duress from various outfits”. 

While admitting that the government of India had every right to act as per the law, CNTC on the other hand said the government “must also understand through its good wisdom that due to the inability of bringing some factions on a common table for talks to resolved the decades old Naga political imbroglio, some factions are adamant to impose taxes on the public and the govt. employees for which they are always at the receiving end.” It further reminded NIA that despite state police and security agencies trying to provide round the clock vigil, it was almost impossible to guard all and sundry.

In this regard, CNTC made an earnest plea that the government of India demonstrate its goodwill on its citizens, saying “the govt. officers arrested were all acting under immense pressure and coercion and so they should be shown some leniency for which they had no other alternative.”