Newmai News Network
Tamenglong | October 5
All militant organisations in Tamenlong district will cease to enjoy peoples’ support and co-operation. Firstly, they will not be paid ‘taxes’ by the public with immediate effect which is one among the numerous things to be done under non-co-operation against the militant outfits. The public meeting also resolved that no militants should be allowed to stay in the Tamenglong district headquarters.
These are some of the resolutions taken by the general public on October 4 at Tamenglong district headquarters in the aftermath of the killing of a civilian in the cross fire between Naga militant groups on October 2. The public meeting also resolved that the NSCN (IM) should compensate Rs 50 lakh to Jaikanlung Gangmei’s family, a 40 year old carpenter killed in the cross fire of the factional clash on the fateful day. The NSCN (K) and the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) have also been asked to pay Rs 40 lakh jointly to the late carpenter’s kins as compensation.
The family members of Jaikanlung and the public have concluded that it was the NSCN (IM)’s bullet that had hit the carpenter and hence, the NSCN (IM) has been asked to dole out more as per the October 4 public resolution.
Under the aegis of Joint Action Committee (JAC) against the killing of Jaikanlung Gangmei, the public meeting was held where unprecedented resolutions such as not to extend co-operation to the militants was taken.
The JAC then submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister of Manipur through the Deputy Commissioner of the district wherein it demanded to “see” that no militants sneak into the district headquarters. In a read-between-the-line language, the JAC demanded in the memorandum that the state government should “see” as the militants “come in different route”. The JAC also demanded that a government job is given to Thonbuiliu, wife of late Jaikanlung. It further demanded to compensate Meidiyang whose house was partly damaged by an explosion during the clash of the militant outfits on October 2.
