Pachaspura Incident
KOHIMA, FEBRUARY 13 (PTI): Alleging that seven persons allegedly involved in last month’s murder of nine people in Pachaspura were hiding at the NSCN (IM) headquarters, the CFMG today asked the organization to hand them over to the police, a senior official said.
“I have conveyed to the NSCN (IM) to handover the seven accused to the police so that law can take its course of action,” CFMG Chairman Lt Gen (Retd) N K Singh said, alleging that the seven accused were reportedly hiding in the outfit’s headquarters at Camp Hebron, Dimapur.
Talking to reporters after a meeting with the NSCN (IM) led by its Convener K Chawang here today, Singh said that the involvement of the NSCN-IM has come to light after the arrest of three alleged accused persons.
Singh said that though NSCN (IM )was not bound to follow the CFMG’s request to handover the accused, Chawang had assured of a discussion with its top leaders on the issue.
The chairman said that NSCN (IM)’s request for another designated camp within Zunheboto district was, however, turned down. NSCN (IM) designated camp at Mukalimi was overrun by people on December 30 last, to protest an alleged rape and molestation attempt of two female passengers in a Zunheboto-bound vehicle by four NSCN (IM) cadres. Bodies of nine persons, who were blindfolded with hands tied and shot from close range, were found at a gorge at Pachaspura, near Chumukedima last month. The corpses were stacked atop each other and were covered with a polythene sheet on which some boulders were placed.
