The Zomi Students’ Federation – General Headquarters (ZSF-GHQ) has strongly condemned the infiltration of armed groups and their activities into their society and in their town in recent days.
A press release by the Information and Publicity Wings of the students’ body said that the people are alarmed and are enraged at the sudden rise in crime and crime-related activities from arms groups from other parts of the state. It cited a murder and monetary demand to Churachandpur District Private School Association's members and Lamka Government College as examples.
“Unwanted underground activities such as murder and extortion are thing of that past and should remain so, which we condemn, and see it as an attempt at creating instability and an environment of intimidation and panic”, the ZSF said and appealed to the Police and Law enforcement agencies to take such instances of murder and attempt of extortion with utmost seriousness and urgency.
ZSF will continue to strive to ensure that peace and harmony is maintained and that, in particular, educational institutions function as peacefully as possible without any encumbrances to the students and administrators, it stated.
