Govt signs ceasefire pact with 3 Naga insurgent groups

The Centre on Thursday extended the ceasefire agreement signed with three Naga insurgent groups for another year. In a statement, the Union home ministry said the ceasefire agreements are in operation between the government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland/NK (NSCN/NK), National Socialist Council of Nagaland/ Reformation (NSCN/R) and National Socialist Council of Nagaland/K-Khango (NSCN/K-Khango). ”It was decided to extend the ceasefire agreements for a further period of one year with effect from April 28, 2023 to April 27, 2024 with NSCN/NK and NSCN/R and from April 18, 2023 to April 17, 2024 with NSCN/K-Khango. These agreements were signed on April 6, 2023,” it said. On September 8, 2021, the central government had signed a ceasefire agreement with a faction of the Naga insurgent led by dreaded militant Niki Sumi, on whom the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for allegedly killing 18 Indian Army soldiers in Manipur in 2015. These groups are breakaway factions of dominant NSCN-IM and NSCN-K.