Imphal, May 21 (NNN): As the six Naga hostages are yet to be traced till date, the United Naga Council (UNC), in a strong worded missive to Union Home minister Amit Shah, said that “questions are being raised” by the general public whether the “interference” by Manipur deputy chief minister Nemcha Kipgen, a Kuki, on the issue has made the state machinery and the central security forces “ineffective”.
The UNC also urged the Union Home minister “to intervene for the handing over of the Naga hostages, dead or alive, without further delay”.
In the memorandum sent to Shah on Thursday through the deputy commissioner of Senapati district, the UNC alleged that the six Nagas have been held hostage by Kuki National Front (KNF-P) and Leilon Vaiphei village. Deputy chief minister Nemcha Kipgen is the wife of Thangboi Kipgen, the supremo of the militant group, KNF-P, the UNC missive to the Union Home minister mentioned.
The UNC missive under the subject “Urgent intervention for release of 6 Naga hostages held by Kuki National Front-P (KNF-P) and Leilon Vaiphei village”, sought the Union Home minister’s “personal intervention for the immediate release of the 6 Naga hostages held by the KNF-P and Leilon Vaiphei village, to de-escalate the grave and rapidly worsening situation in the state”.
