{"id":167295,"date":"2013-12-31T02:02:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T02:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2013\/12\/31\/sumi-volunteers-raze-mukalimi-camp\/"},"modified":"2013-12-31T02:02:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T02:02:47","slug":"sumi-volunteers-raze-mukalimi-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2013\/12\/31\/sumi-volunteers-raze-mukalimi-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Sumi volunteers raze Mukalimi camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thousands of Sumi volunteers representing various Sumi villages, ended the three-day siege on Ghathashi camp– Zasibituo Battalion Hqs of the NSCN (I-M) Naga army at Mukalimi village, with a final push at 11.32 a.m. Monday.
\nThe first shot on the third day of the siege, was fired at 8.30 a.m. as thousands of volunteers grew impatient while the district administration and security forces deliberated on the safe passage as suggested by the NSCN (I-M).
\nSecurity forces including the paramilitary forces were present in large numbers. Police officials expressed helplessness over the idea of providing safe passage sensing that the mood of the volunteers would lead to direct confrontation with the security forces. Besides others, the Naga Mothers Association and other Naga frontal organisations held a meeting with representatives of the Sumi frontal organisations.
\nAfter over running it, the volunteers torched the camp which was reduced to ashes, barring the chapel hall, within three hours. One of the volunteers said that the incident was a historic moment of the public voice.
\nWith the camp up in flames and smoke billowing upwards, NSCN (I-M) cadres were seen retreating, even as reinforcements, mostly youth volunteers armed with .303 and .22 rifles, muzzle-loading guns and hand guns, daos and spears surged to the camp in waves.
\nShots of jubilation and cheers from the volunteers rung the air even as they shouted \u201cAlhou she\u201d (Praise the Lord in Sumi) while Sumi Totimi Hoho members present at the spot offered prayers for the success of the flush out operation without much casualty throughout the three day siege.
\nThe siege though had its own toll– one Sumi volunteer lost his live and five others injured.
\nMeanwhile, security sources claimed that the Assam Rifles team recovered five dead bodies reportedly that of NSCN (I-M) cadres. Four bodies were found buried inside the camp while the other one, suspected to have died of fatal injuries, was found in the nearby jungle.
\nEmotional scenes and bursting of crackers greeted the convoy carrying hundreds of volunteers at Satakha and Zunheboto, as women in Sumi traditional dresses and children carrying banners and placards welcomed them as heroes.
\nSome of the placards read: \u201cCongrats Sumi Warriors\u201d; \u201cWe Are Proud Of Our Sumi Warriors\u201d; Welcome Home Brave Sumi Warriors\u201d and \u201cSumis, The Naga Legendary Warriors\u201d.
\nThe volunteers gathered at Zunheboto local ground where a brief thanksgiving programme was held.
\nFuneral of honour
\nSumi Hoho has decided to hold a public service to honour the memory of the volunteer killed during three-day \u2018Operation Flush Out Mission\u201d.
\nCamp vacated \u2018conditionally\u2019: NSCN (I-M)<\/span>
\nDIMAPUR, DEC 30 (NPN): NSCN (I-M) has maintained that their cadres vacated Mukalimi camp \u201cconditionally\u201d and that there was \u201cno victory on the other side.\u201d
\nTalking to Nagaland Post, NSCN (I-M) convenor Cease-Fire Monitoring Cell (CFMC) Kraibo Chawang said \u201cwith mutual understanding with Delhi, conditionally we have left the camp. There is no victory on the other side.\u201d
\nAppreciating the Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO) for intervening in the standoff, Kraibo said that Delhi has strongly stood for peace and NSCN (I-M) appreciated and acknowledge the PMO\u2019s gesture.
\nRefuting reports of recovery of five bodies by Assam Rifles (AR) inside the Mukalimi camp, the CFMC convenor said \u201clet them bring out the dead bodies in public\u201d and added that if at all there were any such bodies, NSCN (I-M) would not hide them as it would be a violation of human rights.
\nHe then claimed that only one NSCN (I-M) cadre sustained minor injury during the standoff and has been administered first aid.
\nSlamming the role of Assam Rifles and state government, the CMFC convenor said that the bias role played by AR and state government was \u201cwitnessed\u201d by the public of Mukalimi area. He asserted that NSCN (I-M) was aware of the same.
\nWhat was the Assam Rifles doing, questioned the CFMC convenor stating that NSCN (K) and GPRN\/NSCN fired upon NSCN (I-M) cadres holed up in the camp in front of the AR.
\nHe said the AR and state security forces however chose to remain just spectators.
\nDivulging the names of NSCN (K) members who mingled with the Sumi volunteers, Kraibo claimed that \u201cthe mob carried NSCN (K) member Hokhuvi to Mukalimi village just after the firing was over.\u201d
\nCFMC convenor further claimed that one NSCN (K) \u2018capt\u2019 Vinoto, son of Khuhevi of Tokiye Town was also injured on his right leg and has been hospitalizes at Rochill Clinic, Zunheboto town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thousands of Sumi volunteers representing various Sumi villages, ended the three-day siege on Ghathashi camp– Zasibituo Battalion Hqs of the NSCN (I-M) Naga army at Mukalimi village, with a final push at 11.32 a.m. Monday. The first shot on the third day of the siege, was fired at 8.30 a.m. as thousands of volunteers grew […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}