DIMAPUR, APRIL 12 (MExN): The Against Corruption And Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland has once against called for the NSCN (K) to take the incident on April 9 in Kohima “very seriously” in the “interest of public accountability.” With regards to the April 9 incident, wherein ACAUT Nagaland member, Abe Mero, another resident and some labourers were attacked by armed persons, the ACAUT Nagaland also made clear that “in view of the constant factional fights and taxation activities taking place in Kohima now and then, ACAUT concludes that the issue of public accountability involving NPGs is next to non-existent.”
While the ACAUT Nagaland appreciated the NSCN (K) for making a public declaration on the April 9 issue, the former reiterated that “If the culprit has been discharged from national service as claimed, the NSCN-K should produce the termination order to back its claim.” This was mentioned in a press release issued by ACAUT Nagaland’s media cell.
The ACAUT Nagaland stated that the NSCN (K) town command and the NSCN (K) leadership are “morally bound to arrest the culprit since the culprit was collecting ‘Non-local’ tax on behalf of NSCN-K. The culprit, as admitted by NSCN-K, is a habitual offender and according to police has been in and out of jail on several occasions and even booked under NSA.”
Moreover, it also held the Kohima police and the district administration “duty bound to arrest the culprit at the earliest.” ACAUT Nagaland viewed the “attempt on the person of Abe Mero” with utmost “seriousness” and established that “if the police is unable to arrest the culprit even after positive identification, ACAUT will have to conclude that the district administration and police cannot be trusted with the security of its citizens in the high security state capital and ACAUT will chart its own course of action.”
NSF condemns assault
on ACAUT member
KOHIMA, APRIL 12 (MExN): The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has “vehemently condemned” the assault on ACAUT Nagaland member, Abe Mero, another resident and some labourers on April 9 at Jail gate, Kohima by “some armed miscreants.” The Federation, in a press release from its vice president Joseph Ngouri and assistant general secretary Kesosul Christopher, has termed the act as “barbaric which has created an unlawful atmosphere by resorting to blank firing, traumatizing the general public.” The NSF also called the act unjustifiable “in the midst for expediting peace and reconciliation in the Naga society.” The Federation has appealed to the law enforcing agency to book the culprits and award “stern action as per the law” so that “such inhuman acts does not perpetrate on innocent civilians in the near future.”
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