Sumi Naga community to sever ties with NSCN (IM)

The meeting was held in the backdrop of the December 21 incident last year when four NSCN (IM) cadres had waylaid a Zunheboto-bound vehicle near Aghuito town and allegedly attempted to rape and molest two female passengers and injured two male passengers accompanying them.  

The Sumi people under the apex district body, Sumi Hoho, held a rally next day and demanded the four NSCN (IM) cadres be handed over to the district administration within December 25.  

Hundreds of Sumi people, incensed over the incident marched towards the NSCN (IM)'s designated camp in Zunheboto district on December 28, where they were fired on allegedly by the cadres leading to the death of two persons and injuring six others.

The meeting resolved that the NSCN (IM) shall not be permitted to establish its designated camp within Sumi inhabited areas.
In memory of those killed during the Mukalimi seize, the meeting declared December 28 as “Sumi Martyrs' Day”.

The burial place for the dead in Sukhalu village shall be called “Sumi Martyrs' Park”, he meeting resolved.