NSCN-IM cadres
File photograph of NSCN(IM) cadres. Image credit โ€“ Subhamoy Bhattacharjee

The NSCN (IM) has refuted the allegations of running a gun making factory in Ukhrul in Manipur.

Responding to a recent news report on Assam Rifles personnel busting a gun making factory in Ukhrul town allegedly run by NSCN operative on July 1, NSCN (I-M) stated that it has โ€˜nothing to do with such illegal factoryโ€™.

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A press release by the MIP, NSCN/GPRN further clarified that the suspected person Lightson who owned the factory is โ€˜not an NSCN member nor connected with them in any mannerโ€™.

It added that the Assam Rifles should not have acted in โ€˜damning hurry to drag in NSCN name without verifying the antecedents of the person involvedโ€™.

It further alleged that such โ€˜slanderous campaign by the Assam Rifles against NSCN is nothing newโ€™.

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