Dimapur, July 19 (MExN): trouble is reported to have erupted between villagers of Kherimia village under Mariani PS (Jorhat district) and Akahuto village under Wokha district over a dispute involving a missing house help.
A 12-year boy named Lazarious Gowala, son of a Paresh Gowala of Kherimia was consented by his parents to help in the house of a daughter of one K Tsutovi Sumi of Akahuto on May 10, 2008. The boy was to be kept as a domestic help with Tsutovi’s daughter in Dimapur, the NIC of Mokokchung informed today.
During his stay in Dimapur, it was reported that the boy “had absconded” from the house with some money on July 13, 2008 and remain untraceable till March 26, 2009. This matter was communicated to the missing boy’s parents immediately. It was reported that intensive search for the missing boy were carried out by K Tsutovi and the boy’s parents as well. Then on March 26, 2009 the missing boy returned to his home, the NIC said.
Then, it was informed a group of people numbering thirteen from Kherimia village went to Akahuto village to meet K Tsutovi on March 28. Tsutovi and his family were away at Dimapur on medical treatment for his wife. The Kherimia villagers forced open the house and took away all available household ‘materials.’ Later the marauding Kherimia villagers issued a “seizure list” of the materials and sent it to Tsutovi asking him to contact them personally.
On returning to his village on in the second week of June, Tsutovi tried his best to pacify the “captors” of his belongings, but to no avail. Tsutovi lodged a written complaint with the Border Peace Coordination Committee (Assam-Nagaland) to settle the matter. Accordingly the committee organized a meeting on July 18, 2009 at Kherimia Don Bosco School where both the parties were present and the matter amicably settled.
The meeting decided as illegal the act of the persons of Kherimia village who ventured into Akahuto village on March 28 and took possession of household belongings of Tsutovi is illegal. They were also to apologize and return the seized goods to its rightful owner. The group apologized and assured that all the items will be returned.
However, it was also informed that following this incident, the people of Akahuto villagers are reported to be facing shortage in essential commodities and medicines. The only available lifeline connecting their village is said to have been “disrupted” by Kherimia village.
