Dimapur: The NSCN (IM) claimed that the arrest of two of its cadre in the alleged case of abduction case of the Gaonbura of New Market is illegal.
The NSCN (IM) claimed that the organization had nothing to do with the kidnapping of the Gaonbura.
It accused Abdul Kayum Talukdar, Gaonbura of New Market in Dimapur, of cheating a group of people, who jointly bought a plot of land at Khatkhati in Assam.
A statement issued by the NSCN (IM) said that a group of Nagas had bought a plot of land, measuring about 100 bighas in Khatkhati in Assam. Subsequently, it claimed that the plot was entrusted to some non-Nagas to temporarily stay as tenants.
On the first week of September, 2023, the Naga owners of the plot, along with Talukdar, went to the site and informed the tenants to vacate as the land was going to be disposed, the NSCN (IM) said.
While the land owners visited the plot with prospective buyers, the tenants were reportedly agitated, and confronted the owner and the prospective buyer with deadly arms.
The tenants also claimed that Talukdar had sold the land to them and they are not going to vacate.
The NSCN (IM) claimed that following the incident, the Naga land owners tried to call Talukdar to settle the matter. But, he allegedly ignored their calls and refused to meet them.
To settle to case, the NSCN (IM) said that Naga Army personnel were entrusted with the task of bringing Talukdar to Hebron.
“He was just picked up and they were on the way to Hebron. He was not blind-folded nor his hands tied,” the NSCN (IM) said.
On their way to Hebron, with Talukdar in tow, they were stopped at a police checkpoint, at the Singrijan-Selouphe junction, where Talukdar told the police personnel he was abducted, the statement said.
While accusing Talukdar of having a hand in other fraud cases, the NSCN (IM) questioned as to how he was made the GB of New Market when his actual residence was at Khatkhati in Assam.
