Zunheboto, April 1 (MExN): Lazami village council has clarified that a person named Kughavi, Corporal, GPRN/ NSCN, who was held for extortion at Peducha as published in local dailies on March 30, does not belong to Lazami village but belongs to Tukuliqa village. The council in a press statement has warned Kughavi to apologize to the village council or “face action from the village council for defaming the village.”
The Lazami village council also appealed to the police or any other authority to properly verify the facts before going to the press as the “criminals are bound to speak lie for their self defense.” The note added that this is not the first case where “anti social activities” have used the village name to escape as Lazami village is hugely populated and most of the Sumi villages either directly or indirectly migrated from Lazami village. But, the note clarified, “that does not mean they still belong to Lazami village when their forefathers settled in some other village for century or so.”
In light of this, Lazami village council has urged that Kughavi’s village should be corrected as Tukuliqa and not Lazami in the case registered at Sechu Zubza police station for investigation.
