DIMAPUR, MAY 18 (MExN): The Naga Hoho (NH) today asked the Government of India to look at the present situation in Nagaland from a social and political perspective.
A press note from the Naga Hoho said this while referring to the recent actions of the National Investigating Agency (NIA) in Nagaland, wherein it had arrested state government officials for “providing financial aid to different Naga political groups/ national workers...”
The Naga Hoho while acknowledging that the arrests “may be the exercise of fulfilling constitutional provision and the law of the land,” however, urged the different Indian agencies to “look into the problems from social and political perspective.”
“We strongly feel that be it government employees or businessman is providing the assistance willingly or unwillingly but under compulsion and therefore the arrested government officials should not be treated as law breakers. In this regard, we strongly appeal to the NIA to ponder with all seriousness and avoid misdemeanors while dealing with such issues,” it asked.
The Naga Hoho also expressed concern at the reported arrest of the “wife and relatives” of Niki Sumi of NSCN (K), in Manipur recently by the Assam Rifles.
“Arresting of innocent Naga people by armed forces and putting under various sections of infamous laws is unacceptable basing on the fact that such inhuman act has been meted out to the kith and kin of Naga national workers even in the past...” it stated. It also urged the authorities to “discontinue with the trial of those arrested persons and look beyond the horizon by realizing the plight and rights of the people.”
