Imphal:
A village chief from the Kuki tribes has termed as “baseless” an allegation by a girl that Kuki villagers assaulted her when she tried to construct a home in Manipur’s Okay Lungwiram Naga village in Kangpokpi district.
Haopu Vaiphei, the chief of Leilon Khunou village, in an announcement stated no assault or misunderstanding occurred as alleged by the lady to reporters. The Vaiphei tribe is a part of the umbrella time period Kuki.
“… Staff of Leimakhong police station led by the OC [officer in charge] well timed reached the spot and prevented all attainable misunderstandings between the 2 events,” the village chief stated within the assertion.
The girl and her brother had stated after they went to construct a home on a plot in Okay Lungwiram Naga village, some males from the Kuki tribes got here and allegedly assaulted her. Okay Lungwiram village falls below Kangchup Geljang subdivision in Kangpokpi district.
Within the assertion, the Leilon Khunou village chief stated the lady’s unfounded allegation has flared up feelings, and appealed to the general public to not be misled by such baseless claims.
“… The very fact was that, on seeing the levelling of the bottom with JCB [bulldozer], some village elders together with some ladies approached her and cordially requested her to cease the work because it was not acceptable to take up such actions throughout this time because of the prevailing unrest within the state.
“To keep away from additional misunderstanding and issues, every celebration agreed to not take any video dips of the incident on the website. The staff of Leimakhong police station led by the OC well timed reached the spot and prevented all attainable misunderstandings between the 2 events.
“Additional, the sub-divisional officer of Kangchup-Geljang visited the positioning on the identical day, met each the events and verbally requested to not take up any additional subject as he would name for a listening to inside a couple of days. Accordingly, the listening to on the workplace of Deputy Commissioner, Kangpokpi is scheduled on January 10,” the village chief, Haopu Vaiphei, stated.
“It was unlucky that the stated woman, later within the night, made a video clip alleging bodily assault which was completely baseless. Additional, such unfounded allegation has flared up feelings from our Jap Liangmai Ladies Union to dam the highway at Makhan village, inflicting immense distress to commuters together with the sick, kids and the aged…” Mr Vaiphei stated.
“Our Facet Of Story”
Rufina Chindeiniang from the village chief’s household in an almost eight-minute video assertion stated the lady doesn’t stay within the village, and she or he got here from the state capital Imphal.
“Allow us to all do not forget that each coin has two sides. You all have heard their story. Now please hearken to our facet of the story. She doesn’t stay in Lungwiram. She got here from Imphal. The incident just isn’t linked to Lungwiram village. She purchased the land in her particular person capability from one other individual, Amson, who’s the chief of Konsakhul, that means he’s the king there, and he bought land from our Leilon Khunou village. We by no means knew about it,” Ms Chindeiniang stated.
“For instance, if someone comes immediately to your land with none prior discover to construct a home, what would you suppose… In short, on January 6, we requested earnestly, very humbly, that until there’s some readability, please cease the work because it was Leilon Khunou village land. As soon as readability comes, they’ll proceed their work. They got here the following day with employees. Regardless of requesting them once more, they continued engaged on the land…” Ms Chindeiniang stated, including the lady should as an alternative query how did Amson promote the land that didn’t belong to him.
Ms Chindeiniang stated they’ve all related paperwork to show land and village possession, and requested the lady to carry her papers if she needs to place up a problem. She additionally requested the lady, who wished to construct a home, to not drag in the whole Naga tribes at a delicate time in Manipur simply to resolve her particular person subject.
The civil society group World Kuki-Zo Mental Council (WKZIC) has already condemned a “stop discover” served to Kukis by the Konsakhul Village Authority, “primarily based on invalid British India 2 anna income stamp of 1893 (manipulated and solid land lease settlement written in ballpoint ball ink), appropriated for twelfth October 1920 when ballpoint pen was invented solely in 1938…”
WKZIC attraction to the villagers of Khonsakhul pic.twitter.com/gtBf2JETnY
— WORLD KUKI-ZO INTELLECTUAL COUNCIL (WKZIC) (@wkzic) January 9, 2025
The Konsakhul (Konsaram) Village Authority in a memorandum on Wednesday stated the “Leilon Vaiphei had been allowed to settle as tenants on land of the Konsaram Naga,” they usually should vacate the village land in 15 days.
The WKZIC in an announcement posted on X stated, “Leilon Vaiphei Kuki village and its hamlet villages are positioned inside the British Jampi Space 1907 of Khongjai Hills (1741-42) and Kuki Hills (1852-1949), respectively.”
Naga Organisation’s Claims
The Foothill Naga Joint Motion Committee in an announcement questioned claims by the Kangpokpi-based Kuki organisation Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) that the Konsakhul-Leilon boundary dispute was a village-level subject.
“… Why did CoTU representatives arrive at our gate late at night time on January 8, searching for to apologise? Moreover, how will you clarify the involvement of your so-called ‘tiger celebration/refugee militants’ outraging modesty of a Naga girl on January 7 Okay Lungwiram. Your actions contradict your phrases, and now your modus operandi has already been uncovered,” the joint motion committee stated.
“Our dedication to neutrality within the battle between the Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities stays steadfast. This neutrality doesn’t grant you the appropriate to mock or problem our place. We have now constantly demonstrated our dedication to peace and neutrality, but you proceed to check our persistence together with your immature provocations…” it stated.