The United Naga Council (UNC) has accused Myanmar-based armed Kuki militants of carrying out a “cross-border invasion” into Naga-inhabited villages along the Indo-Myanmar border, while sharply criticising security forces for what it termed “deliberate inaction” during the attacks.
In a statement issued by its Media Cell Working Committee, the apex Naga body alleged that heavily armed cadres of KNA-B, along with militants operating under the Suspension of Operations (SoO) arrangement, launched coordinated assaults on several border villages on May 7.
According to the Council, hundreds of armed militants allegedly crossed into Indian territory from Myanmar around 4 am and attacked Namlee, Wanglee, Ashang Khullen (KAKA) and Z Choro villages. The UNC claimed militants opened indiscriminate fire using sophisticated weapons and set houses ablaze, forcing villagers, including women, children and elderly residents, to flee into nearby forests.
The Council termed the incident a direct attack on India’s sovereignty and alleged that Central security forces deployed along the international border failed to prevent the infiltration despite conducting inspections in the area a day earlier.
“The forces stood as mute spectators while our villages burned,” the statement alleged, questioning how such a large-scale armed infiltration could occur unchecked.
The UNC further alleged that Sinakeithei village later came under heavy firing from militants positioned at Lungthar Hill Range, leaving several civilians injured.
Accusing sections of the Assam Rifles and other central forces of selectively dismantling Naga village defence bunkers while leaving Kuki village bunkers untouched, the Council warned that such actions had deepened mistrust among local communities.
Demanding immediate military intervention, humanitarian assistance for displaced villagers and a high-level inquiry into the alleged security lapse, the UNC warned that continued inaction could further destabilise the volatile border region.