ENPO observes 'Black Day' over killing of tribals

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 13:33 [IST]

Kohima, Mar 3 (UNI) The Eastern Nagaland Peoples Organisation (ENPO) today observed 'Black Day' here in protest against the killing of two Konyak tribe boys by the NSCN-IM.

The people from Mon, Tuensang, Kiphire and Longleng districts, residing in Kohima, assembled at the MLA Hostel in the morning and held a rally there.

The rally was presided over by Thingchum Sangtam, president of the Eastern Nagaland Peoples Union, Kohima (ENPUK), where Tongthan, acting president of ENPO and B Tingshem, president Union, Kohima, appealed to the people to shun violence immediately. They hoped that good sense would prevail and the state would be one of the ''most peaceful'' states in the country.

The activists later marched from the MLA Hostel to the official residence of the Chief Minister and submitted a memorandum demanding immediate arrest of the culprits involved in the killing of the innocent boys.

UNI

Topics: AGITATION-NAGALAND-ENPO

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