As one wakes up in the morning and reads a newspaper, it is horrifying to find reports on abductions, killings, intimidation etc as if they have become the in thing in day to day life. Majority of the articles are of those killings committed by the rival groups who claim themselves to be national workers, who probably want to express their superiority over the other, least realizing that these heinous and brutal acts are playing in the minds of the simple common Naga by inducing a sense of terror, preventing them to work freely for the development of the state. An inherent fear that some group may abduct and kill him /her accusing them to be having links with their rival group lingers in their minds.
Injuries were sustained by two young innocent ladies on 27 January in Longleng when few NSCN cadres of the Khaplang group---entered the house of their rival and fired indiscriminately. In a similar incident in Shamatore on 08 February some cadres of NSCN (K) and FGN entered the village and fired few shots in the air and thereafter killed the cadre of the rival-faction. Similarly the NSCN (1M) cadres abducted AKD Angami of NSCN (K) and killed him along with his body guard in cold blood. Where are we heading for by fighting amongst ourselves?
One Naga killing another and then we talk like fools about integration when we ourselves are not one and united. These heinous acts are gradually creating resentment amongst the local population. Condemnation by the various NGOs such as PPC, Phoms Students Conference, Church bodies, NPC and CPO are glaring examples of the rising resentment and hatred towards the activities of the so called National workers.
National workers have drastically fallen from an ideology based stance to a Bombay type mafia, and terror and intimidation are the cornerstones of this new approach. Why can’t we stop killing each other like animals? As it is tourism is suffering due to these terror activities. Do you want Nagaland to be called as “The Human Abattoir of the North East”?
James Meren
Dimapur
