Dimapur, May 10: The NSCN (IM) today expressed “a huge gratitude” to the Angami People’s Organisation (APO) for extending ‘a human treatment to the dead body of Ayin Kashung of Ukhrul’, who the NSCN (IM) maintained, died fighting like a true soldier and who never turn back once ordered to go forward to face the enemies.
“The Angami people came forward to show the last respect Ayin deserved and covered his lifeless body with their tradition shawl and transported the body to Wungram colony to handover to the Tangkhul civil societies,” and MIP press statement stated.  In this regard, the release highly appreciated the traditional respect exhibited by APO and said that it is the reflection of the true culture of the Naga hospitality “in the face of dead while confronting the enemies of the nation”.Meanwhile, the family members of late Mayoyang Muinao of Patkai Christain College and Cpl. Somayo, Naga Army, have extended gratitude to all the well-wishers who came forward to help them in their hour of grief. However, coming to terms with the reality, the bereaved family expressed pride and said that the two dead brothers are “Martyrs’ today”. A press release received here from “Late Corp. Somayo’s Family”, particularly thanked the Wungram Colony Church that bore the hardship to transport the body to our native village at Phadang, Ukhrul.
The bereaved family members also expressed their gratitude to all others who have helped them in different ways. Praying God to bless those who helped them abundantly, the family members wished that “the Naga nation under the leadership of NSCN grow stronger”.

(MExN)