The National Highway Area Village Council’s Forum (NHAVCF), comprising of 13 villages abutting the 4-lane National Highway 29, has called for a 6-hour shutters down on June 11 in its area from 6 a.m. to 12 noon to show their resentment, anguish and unhappiness over the May 23 incident at Unity Village where the perpetrators have not been arrested till date, despite been identified and named in the FIR filed by Unity Village Council.

To show their resentment, black flags would be displayed in front of all the shops and business establishments in the area on the occasion.

In a statement, the Forum stated that Ceasefire Ground Rules have been blatantly violated by almost all the factions, which have entered into Ceasefire Agreement with the Government of India on numerous occasions and the defaulters walk away with impunity and indulge in similar criminal activities without any far of law or of any consequences.

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The Forum alleged that designated Ceasefire Monitoring Officers have been converted into safe havens for criminals who commit crimes and take refuge in these offices and the security forces/law enforcement agencies are left hapless owing to defective restrictions contained in the Ceasefire Ground Rules, which restrain them, the law enforces to enter these places and apprehend the culprits.

Stating that the general Naga public continue to suffer because of the nefarious acts of the numerous Naga underground factions such as imposition of illegal taxes on business establishments and traders , on Village Councils among them, abduction and torture of innocent civilians etc, the Forum said that the Government of India is maintaining a deafening silence over the Naga political issue even though the Naga peace talks have reportedly been concluded on October 31, 2019.

The Forum appealed to all like-minded villages business bodies and urban local bodies all over Nagaland to join them in closure of shops to show their solidarity.