Insurgency / Nagaland

NEW DELHI, August 20, 1999: The allies of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) have condemned outright the killing of its general secretary Dali Mungro. The Tripura People's Democratic Front (TPDF) president, Ranjit Debbarma, offered its "deep sympathies" to the NSCN(K), the Naga people and the bereaved family of the leader. Debbarma, in a statement made available to this e-zine, said his organisation would remember the efforts of Mungro towards unity of all revolutionary organisations of the region. The "cowardly" assassination of Mungro is sure to lead the process into rough...

GUWAHATI, August 20: Even as security forces are striving to contain militancy in Assam as well as in the other Northeast states, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) have consolidated their bases in Myanmar. According to a confessional statement made by a senior ULFA member of the Morigaon district, over 100 ULFA members are undergoing training in different NSCN(K) camps in Myanmar. The Kachin-trained member who was arrested by the Morigaon police recently, said that these camps are located in dense forests in Myanmar. It takes...

KOHIMA, August 19: The general secretary of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) Dali Mungro, and two of his associates were killed by a suspected rival group here last night, according to the Kohima superintendent of police, I Tushiyae. About 30 persons surrounded the house in which Dali Mungro (55) and his wife were taking shelter, about eight km from the capital near the Science College at Jotsoma. After breaking the door open, Mungro, the second-in-command of the NSCN(K) and his wife were forcibly taken to an isolated place where he was shot dead, police sources said. However...

KOHIMA, August 19: The general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) Dali Mungro, 55, and two other activists were gunned down by rival insurgents at Jotsoma, nearly 4 km from here last night. Sources said nearly 30 militants armed with sophisticated weapons surrounded the house where Mungro and his wife, Thokuli, were temporarily staying. They broke open the door, dragged out Mungro and killed him nearly 100 yards away from the house. Sources said the killers were suspected NSCN(Isak-Muivah) activists. An official spokesman of the NSCN(IM) said the outfit would...

KOHIMA, August 18: The apex tribal council, Naga Hoho, has resolved to boycott the ensuing Lok Sabha elections in Nagaland, but this time it will not direct political parties and the electorate to do the same, leaving the matter to their "wisdom" The recent meeting of the Hoho here resolved not to participate in the polls, asserting that the solution to Naga political problem is its "priority", not the Lok Sabha elections. The Hoho along with other NGOs urged the political parties before the last general elections in the state to boycott the polls to "give peace a chance". Accordingly...

KOHIMA, August 17: The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) has vowed against signing any interim agreement with the Centre on the Naga issue, but will continue the ongoing peace talks for a final solution, its vice-president Khodao Yanthan has announced. "NSCN has made its stand on any interim agreement clear to the Centre. It will not agree to anything that betrays the aspirations of the Naga people," he told a public meeting at the organisation's headquarters near Dimapur on Saturday. Yanthan appreciated the statesmanship of Prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and some of his...

SOMEWHERE IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH, August 16 His name is Chipo Menon. He is the military and political supervisor of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) for Tirap and Changlang in Arunachal Pradesh. He holds the rank of 'Lt. Col' in the organisation and is considered a natural successor to Khaplang, who is reportedly suffering from prostrate cancer. "Chipo combines the shrewdness of his Malayalee father and the physical agility of his Wancho mother" remarked a military officer. What prompted him to drift towards NSCN (K) is not known. His father was an IAS officer, and so his...

KOHIMA, August 7: The woshinna (vice-chairman) of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN), Khodao Yanthan, has urged the rank and file of his organisation to "appreciate the difficulties" faced by the Indian government due to internal problems and to have patience and yet be persistent in the search for solution of the Naga political issue. He also assured that "the struggle of the Naga people for recognition of our sovereignty has come to the last stage". Khodao, said, "I am convinced that it will be sooner than later that we shall see the light of the day". The NSCN leader his...

GUWAHATI, July 31: Increasing activities of the outlawed National Socialist Council of Nagalim in Assam's Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts, bordering Nagaland have become a matter of grave concern for the Assam government. The group, which is in a ceasefire mode in Nagaland, is reportedly indulging in abductions and extortion in the two districts. While in some cases, the NSCN cadres are directly involved, in most others they have been engaging cadres of the Dima Halam Daogah (DHD) and the Karbi People's Front (KPF), government sources said. The Assam government has shot off...

MUMBAI, July 27: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP on Tuesday lambasted Swaraj Kaushal, the former central government interlocutor in the Naga peace talks. The party has accused him of exceeding his brief. PB Acharya, BJP national secretary in charge of the Northeast states, lashed out at Kaushal saying that Kaushal was an interlocutor of the government in the Naga peace talks and "not the government itself". Taking exception to the article written by Kaushal wherein he had said that the Prime Minister had not respected him for his words, Acharya said that the decision of Kaushal to extend the...