Naga militant gunfight caught on camera
Nagaland, a predominantly tribal north-eastern state, has witnessed militancy and lawlessness for almost four decades and the situation is getting from bad to worse. In a startling exposure, TIMES NOW lens captured exclusive visuals of fighting in Nagaland between rival militant factions -- Isaac Muivaah and Khaplang -- on the streets of Dimapur.
The visuals show the dominant Isaac Muivaah faction of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) readying to fight it out with the rival Khaplang faction. A soldier of the Khaplang faction was seen tied up as the rebels moved towards the village near Dimapur.
The exclusive visuals captured by TIMES NOW on Wednesday (June 4) depicted pictures of militant factions being involved in a bloody gunfight in the Seithikima area, about 17 km off Nagaland's commercial town of Dimapur. Fourteen people, who were killed in the gunfight and their bodies were buried by grieving family members, was also captured by TIMES NOW. Nearly fifty people, including civilians, have been killed in and around Dimapur in the stepped-up violence by rival NSCN groups in the past three months. Even the funeral proceedings were disrupted as rival NSCN groups took up fighting positions against each other.
The NSCN factions also ransacked the office of the Ceasfire Authority of Seithikima near Dimapur. Most of the NSCN factions possessed country made guns and were seen using AK-47's.
For the people of Dimapur, the renewed violence is a cause of concern. Shortly after the gunfights, protests broke out with villagers venting their ire on the local police. Both the government and the police have warned both the factions against venturing into Dimapur or nearby villages and have asked them to return to designated camps.
The fighting has been going on for nearly three months, however, the Indian government hasn't taken adequate measures to curtail the growing menace and to stop the lawlessness in Nagaland.
The Naga factions have been reportedly been fighting for independence under the banner -- Naga National Council (NNC). Subsequently, the NNC split into different factions and its breakaway faction, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) also broke into two factions; those factions were the Isak-Muivah faction (NSCN-IM) and the Khaplang faction (NSCN-K). WATCH VIDEO
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The visuals show the dominant Isaac Muivaah faction of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) readying to fight it out with the rival Khaplang faction. A soldier of the Khaplang faction was seen tied up as the rebels moved towards the village near Dimapur.
The exclusive visuals captured by TIMES NOW on Wednesday (June 4) depicted pictures of militant factions being involved in a bloody gunfight in the Seithikima area, about 17 km off Nagaland's commercial town of Dimapur. Fourteen people, who were killed in the gunfight and their bodies were buried by grieving family members, was also captured by TIMES NOW. Nearly fifty people, including civilians, have been killed in and around Dimapur in the stepped-up violence by rival NSCN groups in the past three months. Even the funeral proceedings were disrupted as rival NSCN groups took up fighting positions against each other.
The NSCN factions also ransacked the office of the Ceasfire Authority of Seithikima near Dimapur. Most of the NSCN factions possessed country made guns and were seen using AK-47's.
For the people of Dimapur, the renewed violence is a cause of concern. Shortly after the gunfights, protests broke out with villagers venting their ire on the local police. Both the government and the police have warned both the factions against venturing into Dimapur or nearby villages and have asked them to return to designated camps.
The fighting has been going on for nearly three months, however, the Indian government hasn't taken adequate measures to curtail the growing menace and to stop the lawlessness in Nagaland.
The Naga factions have been reportedly been fighting for independence under the banner -- Naga National Council (NNC). Subsequently, the NNC split into different factions and its breakaway faction, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) also broke into two factions; those factions were the Isak-Muivah faction (NSCN-IM) and the Khaplang faction (NSCN-K). WATCH VIDEO
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