National Investigation Agency (NIA) on November 9 Monday filed a charge sheet in a special court in Dimapur against three members of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) in an arms seizure case, reports The Week. The case was originally registered at Mon police station in Nagaland in June 2019 and later re-registered by the NIA branch office in Guwahati (Assam). The three militants were identified ‘major general’ Yangang Konyak, Ahon Longphong and Hongo Konyak. The NIA claimed the evidence gathered during the investigation showed that the accused were involved in illegal activities such as extortion, kidnapping and raising of funds for the banned terrorist organisation.
Separately, Ceasefire Monitoring Group (CFMG)/ Ceasefire Supervisory Board (CFSB) on December 9 slammed National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) or alleging that the CFMG/CFSB is “hatching a sinister plot” to target the group, reports East Mojo. CFMG/CFSB said, “The office of the chairman is an institution mandated with the role of enforcing the ceasefire ground rules on behalf of the government security forces as well as with all the NSCN groups under ceasefire with the government of India.” It also said that “Challenging an institution like the office of the chairman, CFMG / CFSB with false allegations by a mature organisation like the NSCN-IM is something which the chairman of CFMG / CFSB will not accept.”