Longding district battalion of Assam Rifles holds meet with NSCN (K-YA)

LONGDING: The Longding district battalion of Assam Rifles along with the district administration held a security meeting relating to ending the kidnapping of locals by NSCN (K-YA) at Circuit House near here on Saturday.

The meeting was chaired by Commandant Col KS Gill, EAC Dakli Gara, DySP Banghang Tangjang and attended by village chiefs, Gaon Burah GPC and other PRI leaders. 48 family members of the active insurgents of the Wancho region were also present.

While appreciating the Wanchos in particular, and the people of insurgency infested areas of Tirap Changlang and Longding Districts for the historic peace protest rally organized by them on 30 May to express their deep resentment against the illegal activities of insurgents, the Assam Rifles and Police assured every possible effort to deny space to insurgent groups in Longding District.

The Commandant of the Assam Rifles Battalion urged the village authorities to take a united stand against insurgency and encourage the Wancho cadres to shun the path of violence and surrender before security forces and police.

The village authorities pledged that they will not concede to the illegal demands of ransom by insurgents on account of surrender and defections. They also unanimously decided not to allow any fresh recruitment from their respective villages to underground organizations in future.

The family members of the active insurgents assured the security forces that they will make a sincere endeavour to convince their family members to surrender before security forces and police.

It is worth mentioning that the recent incidents of Wanchos openly defying insurgent activities are indicative of their growing faith in the security forces and local police.

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