The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) has finally come out with the reasons that "necessitated the awarding of capital punishment" to Dally Mungro and two of his associates on 18 August 1999 at Jotsoma village near Kohima in Nagaland.
An official statement made available to "Northeast Vigil" said many people from Khaplang's group had approached the NSCN leadership for talks and the latter responded positively. But late Dally and SC Jamir had stopped them and torpedoed the entire arrangement. A good number of Shillong Accordists too wanted to meet our leaders for talks, but, here again, Dally and Jamir prevented them, the party said. The NSCN alleged that Dally had taken a good number of arms and crores of rupees from "neo-imperial" India through Jamir.
"These weapons and money were utilised to the maximum in propagating the germs of tribalism and killing true national workers and innocent civilians," it said. The NSCN pointed out that Dally and his men had been camping for years in the area between Kohima Science College and Jotsoma village with the full knowledge of the Indian Army and the "puppet" government.
Thus, well-ensconced in the protection provided by the Indian Army and in active collaboration with Jamir, Dally and his men formulated plans to assassinate chairman Isak Chishi Swu and general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah when they were in Nagalim recently. Khaplang's mercenaries, right under the nose of the Indian armed forces, were amassed at Phaipijang Kuki village for attacking the council headquarters, it said.
The party said that while Dally spoke of peace and unity, in reality he, with the help of Jamir and his "fellow puppets", left no stone unturned to sabotage the ongoing peace process between the NSCN and the Indian government. It said Dally and his men were busy mobilising forces to attack the council headquarters and repeat the massacre of 1988.
"Dally was one of the persons who had played the ugliest role in that treachery of 1988 which claimed the lives of more than 200 committed freedom fighters. No wonder, this treacherous group continues to provide food and shelter to the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), which killed three innocent Anal Nagas and shamelessly served a deadline to the Anal Nagas to call themselves as Anal Meities/Manipuris," it said.
The NSCN said it could not remain passive when all these nasty acts of provocation were being enacted. Yet, the NSCN, it said, had declared a "general amnesty" and extended the deadline time and again. It wanted to forgive Dally and his accomplices for all the crimes they had committed against the nation.
"But instead of accepting our magnanimous forgiveness, he went on perpetrating more and more crimes without an iota of qualm. Just before they received their deserved punishment, Dally and his cronies had killed the secretary of the Sumi regional authority in Dimapur and a good number of Naga Army personnel in the Tuensang area," the party said.
The NSCN said other than packing their bedding and leave Nagalim, the "occupation Indian armed forces and their puppets have no any moral right to poke their noses in the internal affairs of the Nagas." It warned the Indian government that if it did not stop the policy of playing the fast and loose game with Nagas, then it would end up bungling everything all by itself.
