Nunisa plea for CBI probe

Ex-DHD chief suspects state actors in Naiding killing

Dilip Nunisa speaks at the news conference in Guwahati on Tuesday. Picture by UB Photos Guwahati, Jan. 13: Former leaders of Dima Halam Daoga (Nunisa), a disbanded militant group which operated in Assam's Dima Hasao district, today sought a CBI inquiry into the recent killing of its former general secretary, Rajesh Naiding. Dilip Nunisa, who acted as its chairman till laying down arms in March 2013, said here today that a CBI inquiry was necessary to identify those behind Naiding's killing as they suspected the involvement of "state actors" in the crime. Naiding, 42, who also laid down arms along with over 2,000 cadres of the outfit, was gunned down by masked men on January 9 at Rajbari near Diyungmukh police station in Dima Hasao district. "The spot where Naiding was killed is barely 200 meters from Diyungmukh police station. Police personnel came after half-and-hour although the police station is close to the spot and they did not chase the vehicle to catch the killers. This gives rise to suspicion that some state actors are involved in the crime. He was also attacked during Diwali last year and had sought personal security guards but was not provided," Nunisa said. Halali Progressive Welfare Society, an NGO formed by the former cadres of the DHD, has called a 48-hour general strike in "Dimaraji" (a state for the Dimasas comprising the areas dominated by Dimasas in Karbi Anglong, Dima Hasao, Cachar, Nagaon and parts of neighbouring Nagaland) on January 16 to press for a CBI inquiry. "We will move Union ministry of home affairs soon seeking justice for Naiding's family and compensation of Rs 10 lakh to his family," he said. Naiding left behind his wife and three children. Nunisa also complained that the 2,018 former cadres of DHD (Nunisa) were yet to be properly rehabilitated and the state government had not yet paid them Rs 30 lakh, which they spend during their surrender ceremony in March 2013. "We were asked by the state government to spend the money for the surrender ceremony with a promise of reimbursement. But we have not yet been paid the money even though we submitted the bills in 2013 itself," he said. Nunisa said the Centre had paid Rs 1.5 lakh as interim compensation to each cadre but they had not yet received any support for the skill development and aid for projects in dairy and rural development despite submitting them.