Kohima, May 23: A Naga tribal union has clarified the applicability of the inner-line permit.

The Konyak Union has reaffirmed that children born to Konyak woman with non-tribal husbands would need to apply for an inner-line permit.

Konyak Nagas are the dominant community in Mon district. A resolution had been adopted in the past but “a fresh need has arisen to keep tabs on immigrants”, mostly Bangladeshis, the union said.

“Often, we find that the name of a man may be Konyak but his father’s name indicates he is not a Konyak,” said a member of the union from Mon. “If a Konyak woman marries a Bengali, she becomes a Bengali, not the other way round,” the source explained. The Naga Students’ Federation had recently carried out a deportation drive in which several non-local residents, allegedly not possessing valid documents, were sent away from Kohima. The union took this decision last week at its 24th general session, attended by M.C. Konyak.