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The bodies of 2 Naga pastors — among six Naga villagers who were allegedly abducted and killed by equipped Kuki groups successful Manipur — person been identified.
The United Naga Council (UNC), the apex assemblage of Manipur’s Naga communities, said household members had identified the 2 bodies astatine the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) mortuary successful Imphal, the State capital.
“We came to cognize that the bodies of the 2 victims, some pastors, were identified based connected their dresses. The different 4 bodies person not been identified yet, arsenic they are highly mutilated and dismembered,” said A.C. Thotso, the UNC’s moving committee secretary.
‘End SoO pact’
On Friday (June 12, 2026), the UNC sent a memorandum to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding the abrogation of the Centre’s Suspension of Operations agreements signed with 25 Kuki and Zomi extremist groups.
The Naga apex assemblage besides demanded the contiguous apprehension and prosecution of the members of the Kuki National Front (President) group, who were allegedly progressive successful the abduction of 18 Naga civilians astatine Leilon Vaiphei colony successful Kangpokpi territory past month.
The UNC besides demanded the apprehension and prosecution of Lalboi Vaiphei, the main of Leilon Vaiphei village, and different villagers for their alleged engagement successful the abduction of the 18 Nagas and the “cold-blooded murder” of six of them.
Independent, time-bound probe
The Nagas were abducted pursuing the sidesplitting of 3 Thadou religion leaders. A conception of the Thadous claims it is simply a chiseled assemblage and not a constituent of the Kuki radical of tribes.
The UNC further accused a serving Manipur policeman of “involvement successful the abduction and execution of the Naga civilians”.
The Native People’s Committee, Manipur, also condemned the sidesplitting of the six Nagas. Demanding accountability, it called for an independent, impartial, and time-bound probe into their abduction and killing. The word “native” refers to indigenous people, chiefly the Meiteis and Nagas successful the discourse of Manipur.
