Imphal, Nov 17: Officially, the government of Manipur still denies existence of any undesignated camps of the NSCN-IM in the soil of Manipur, but rival group of the NSCN-IM today open fire near crowded Noney market area warning the NSCN-IM to vacate their camp from Noney area.
Report reaching here said that some cadres of Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) fires 3 rounds of gunshots in the air near Noney market under Noney police station at around 10.25 am today. Source says the ZUP cadres fires the gunshots as a warning to the NSCN-IM if fails to vacate their undesignated camp from Noney area.
State security agencies seems to be clueless about the presence of NSCN-IM camp at Noney even as there are many complaints from the public about the kind of harassment given by the NSCN-IM cadres at Noney and adjoining area.
Interestingly, the source added that the ZUP cadres started attacking the NSCN-IM just to make sure that they dominate the Noney area so that no organisation stands as obstacles while extorting money from the area, which they called as tax.
With the strength of ZUP cadres rising in the area people of the area expressed apprehension about factional clash between the two if non retreat. Meanwhile, security force presence in the area is silent over the matter.