Newmai News Network
Dimapur | October 27
NSCN-IM has denied its involvement in the recent Arunachal Pradesh ambush incident. The outfit expressed “shock and surprise” when its name was linked to the ambush in Pangchau village in Tirap district where 3 Assam Rifles personnel and a civilian were killed.
The Isak-Muivah faction of the NSCN stated that under the ongoing Indo-Naga peace process “the NSCN-IM will never go to the extent of stooping that low to target security forces by resorting to ambush”. The statement of the NSCN-IM issued today said that the outfit is serious about the “successful conclusion of the peace process and shall never go for any mischief to make a mockery of its image, despite the desperateness of others to drag NSCN’s name into any such controversy to smear the name as anti-peace”. While dismissing the allegation hurled against the outfit, the statement said that “it is unbecoming for NSCN at this stage of the peace process”.
“It may be recollected for public awareness that NSCN signed the Geneva Call Deed of Commitment not to use Anti-Personnel (AP) mines on October 17, 2007. If the Pangchau ambush is to be brought within this Anti-personnel mine, NSCN’s hand remains as clean and shall honour the Geneva Call Deed in spirit and in action,” affirmed the NSCN-IM today in Dimapur. The NSCN-IM then expresses “sympathy” to the victims of the ambush and request the “government agencies and new agencies” to track down or pin point the real culprits.
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