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The All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM) has threatened to boycott the State authorities if it fails to unafraid the merchandise of six Naga hostages and manus them implicit to their families successful 4 days.
The apex Naga pupil organisation has besides acceptable a akin deadline for the authorities to find and punish the killers of 3 Naga civilians and 3 Thadou religion leaders, and abrogate the Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreements with Kuki extremist groups.
A conception of Thadous asserts they are a chiseled people autarkic of the Kuki tag.
In a connection connected Friday (May 29, 2026), the ANSAM accused Kuki extremists operating nether the SoO statement of taking 18 Liangmai Naga hostage aft the 3 religion leaders were ambushed and killed connected May 13. The organisation said six of these hostages, including 2 pastors, proceed to beryllium successful captivity.
The ANSAM said it has asked the Manipur authorities to hint the abducted Naga civilians and manus them implicit to their families wrong 4 days. “The Nagas shall beryllium compelled to boycott the authorities collectively and whitethorn entreaty to each (10) Naga legislators to retreat their enactment (to the government),” the association’s president, Th. Angteshang Maring said.
The relation besides demanded enactment against the killers of 3 Naga civilians, 2 successful Ukhrul territory and 1 successful Noney district, and the 3 Thadou religion leaders successful Kangpokpi district.
It underlined the request to scrap the SoO agreements betwixt the Centre and the Kuki extremist groups, arsenic “it has go a licence to termination and abduct guiltless civilians”.
The ANSAM further criticised Manipur Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam for allegedly failing to admit the cross-border “terrorist aggression” connected Naga villages by Myanmar-based Kuki equipped groups connected May 7.
