DIMAPUR, JANUARY 30 (MExN): The NSCN (IM) today said that what happened on January 27 at a place near the General Field Training Headquarters (GFT Hq) of the NSCN between the Assam Rifles and NSCN (IM) is “something that is highly regretted.”
“This happened as the 25th Assam Rifles came too close for comfort breaching one km radius. The matter was, however, settled amicably keeping in mind the interest of the prevailing ceasefire,” a press release from the MIP of the NSCN (IM) stated. It further clarified that “there was no snatching of weapons by both sides and mutually agreed to part ways peacefully with handshakes.”
“The NSCN regrets that whoever had taken the video clips of the incident and uploaded in social media is done without the knowledge or sanction of the NSCN authority or Naga Army. The uploading of the videos in social media is regretted and the NSCN and Naga Army tender apology on behalf of the erring persons who had uploaded in social media,” it added.
The NSCN (IM) affirmed that it is committed to the ceasefire signed in1997. “We look forward that such unfortunate incidents never reoccur again in the days to come by respecting the spirit of ceasefire ground rules by both the Naga Army and the Indian Armed Forces,” it added.
