Dimapur, April 2 (MExN): The NSCN-IM has denied allegations that it is involved in the recent abduction and the subsequent murder of two children from Senapati. The two school-children Moheni Martin and Heiinii Hubert were abducted from Senapati last December and their bodies were recovered only a few days back.
A MIP note from the NSCN-IM termed the allegations as ‘false.’ Even while lamenting that “every issue that crops up” is always placed on the NSCN-IM to ‘stain its image,’ the MIP note observed that “such crime was not even expected of Khaplang members though suspicion of their involvement is not ruled out.” Denouncing “all inhuman acts of killing” and condemning them, the NSCN-IM asserted to bring the culprits to justice. “But as truth prevail over all falsifications, Meitei sources or any other adverse elements’ usual misleading propagandas will not succeed in sowing apprehensions, as black will remain black and white as white” it stated while making a ‘commitment’ to deliver justice.
In regard to the “misapprehensions” upon the NSCN-IM in the Lungnila Elizabeth murder case, the MIP note stated that “in no way justice is being obstructed.” “The GPRN affirms that just action will be served upon the guilty as and when the acts of crime committed are unearthed and authentically established” it asserted reminding that in a judicial system penalization cannot be based on impulses, external pressure, assumptions and suspicions. In the murder case, the NSCN-IM informed, one James Kuki was apprehended as suspect. During probe, the main culprit, stated as an ex-Manipur Police Commando and a collaborator of the UNLF, was apprehended by the Manipur government.
The accused is still under the Manipur government’s custody, it stated. Following the arrest of the “main culprit,” the NSCN-IM had requested the Manipur government “for cross-examination and interrogation” which was denied. Due to these “technicalities” the murder case of Elizabeth faced “setbacks to be solved” and now it is up to the Manipur government to hand over the accused to the NSCN-IM for “adjudicating the case,” to deliver justice to the victims or own responsibility for obstructing justice, it asserted.
So far the Manipur government has neither granted access to the accused b the NSCN-IM nor has it come out with any result from their investigations in the case despite the accused murderer being in their custody, the MIP note stated. “Therefore, the GPRN obstructing justice does not arise” it added.
