Kohima, February 3 (MExN): Nagaland Senior Citizen Forum (NSCF) held an emergency meeting on January 31 last, where it had a threadbare discussion on situations prevailing in the state. The discussion was held with special attention to cases in Dimapur and Kohima districts in the recent past, and killing of innocent civilians and arsons in Rengma Naga inhabited places of Assam.
The Forum expressed shock to observe the “undesirable and unthinkable” turn of events. They vehemently condemned the January 12 rape incident in Dimapur; abduction and inhuman torture of a pregnant woman by one woman accompanied by three male accomplices in Kohima on January 17; rape of a housewife at her residence by unidentified men after tying up her husband and children at Darogapathar, Dimapur on January 18.
“The Forum is taken aback to know how much abominable acts could take place in a so-called Christian state pre-dominantly occupied by Christian populace be it Dimapur or the rest of the state,” stated NSCF secretary S. Ghunakha Swu in a release. “However, the Forum is of the sincere view that good sense will prevail and such senseless acts will become things of the past through the believer’s prayers and individual soul searching for repentance.”
The Forum also sincerely regretted to “see the ugly turn of events in which a businessman Helal Uddin was killed in his shop at Naga Bazar Kohima on January 20” and strongly condemned the incident, while praying that God gives strength and comfort to the deceased’s family.
Further, the Forum appealed the respective district administration and investigating authorities to carry out swift enquiries without fear or favour and take exemplary actions against all the culprits to discourage such acts from being repeated.
