NSF commemorates martyrs

Our Correspondent Kohima, March 20 (EMN): Student leaders and family members shared a solemn moment remembering the ‘supreme sacrifice’ of two persons, Kekuojalie Sachü and Vikhozo Yhoshü, at the Naga Students’ Federation’s (NSF) Martyrs’ Park, on March 20 in Kohima. The function was organised by the NSF to commemorate the NSF Martyrs’ Day. It was on March 20 1986 when Kekuojalie Sachü and Vikhozo Yhoshü fell to police firing during a protest in Kohima called by the NSF. The two persons succumbed to injuries while protesting against the government’s decision to introduce the IPS (Indian Police Service) cadre in Nagaland and the extension of the Disturbed Area Belt from 5 km to 20 km along the Indo-Myanmar—erstwhile Burma—border. The NSF’s General Secretary Imtiyapang Imsong said that the ‘supreme sacrifice’ and ‘great deeds’ of Yhoshü and Sachü will lead the Naga people a long way. In fact, the ‘younger generation are ready to sacrifice’ for the Naga people, he asserted. Executive members of the NSF, All Nagaland College Students’ Union, federating units, and family members of the ‘martyrs’ attended the function. The members also observed a one-minute silence in the memory of the two. Youth evangelist of Kohima Ao Baptist Arogo, Bendangsuneb Imsong spoke from the Word of God and said a prayer.