Kohima, Oct 19: Chairman of the Cease-Fire Monitoring Group (CFMG) Lt Gen R V Kulkarni has handed over 29 photo-identity cards to NSCN (IM) functionaries at Dimapur.
Earlier, Lt Gen Kulkarni had announced that the CFMG would issue 60 identity cards each to the top functionaries of both the NSCN factions to facilitate public interaction. Each card holder would be allowed to keep one bodyguard with a concealed weapon. The photo identity cards were distributed during the CFMG meeting, which deliberated on the escalation of factional clashes and the issue of designated camps. It agreed that better understanding among the centre and the NSCN (IM) was needed in order to bring about real peace in Nagaland. Bureau Report