Kohima, Nov. 25: Angami organisations in the town have appealed to Rashtriya Janata Dal president Laloo Prasad Yadav and his wife, Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, to deliver justice to the Naga girl molested in Bihar recently.

The organisations took out a massive rally here today demanding that the Bihar government punish the persons responsible for the incident. The girl, who hails from Jakhama, had to undergo an operation and is still in hospital.

“We are disappointed that the Biharis are not participating in the rally,” said Kezhazer, president of the Angami Students’ Union.

Urging the Bihar government to deliver justice fast, he praised the Nagas for uniting to protest the crime and for not resorting to violence in retaliation.

Angami Women’s Organisation president Ruokuohe condemned the incident and said the absence of reprisals in Nagaland did not mean that the people here were weak. “Several innocent Biharis were killed in Assam but we cannot stoop so low,” she told the gathering near the old MLA complex.

The NGO representatives said they were not protesting because the girl is an Angami Naga. “We are protesting because she is a human being,” said a speaker.

Representatives of the Naga Hoho, Angami People’s Organisation and the Angami Youth Organisation also spoke at the gathering before leading the crowd on a march to the New Secretariat where they submitted a memorandum to the authorities.

The organisations also demanded compensation from the Bihar government to meet the medical expenses of the victim. Sources said the girl might have to undergo a transplant because some of her organs were damaged in the attack.

Fearing violence during the rally, most of the Biharis here stayed away from work.

Sarkar concerned: Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar today described the situation in Assam as “unfortunate”.

He said so far there had been no impact of the incidents in Tripura, but if the problem lingered, the state would be the worst affected as its link with the rest of the country lay through the neighbouring state.

Sarkar said the root of the problem lay in the Centre’s economic reforms programme.