Kohima, Feb. 6: Mothers of students from four Naga hill districts, who are taking the High School Leaving Examination in Nagaland, have appealed to the Khaplang group of the NSCN to revoke the “quit notice” issued to the Tangkhul community.

“We, the women who have married into other tribes (Pukreila Tangkhuls), have been going through the most unbearable fear psychosis and tension; what will happen to the innocent Tangkhuls and the students?” they asked, expressing deep concern from Pukreila’s leader Sereno Chophi.

Appealing to the NSCN (K) to revoke the “quit notice” and allow the students to appear for their papers in peace on humanitarian grounds, the mothers reminded the militants that innocent lives should not be targeted.

“Innocent people do not deserve such extreme penalty for wrongdoing committed by the NSCN (I-M) if any,” the note said, adding that political vendetta among the underground factions should not be mixed with the lives of the people.

“We are Christians and the teaching of Christ should not be interpreted and applied for our individual or organisation’s advantage,” the statement said. “The commandment ‘Thou shalt not kill’ is supreme and no man on earth can change it.”

The mothers have called for help and protection from the government “in the name of Nagaland for Christ”.

Representatives of various major mass-based Naga tribal hohos, civil organisations, various union and student leaders, senior citizens, Dimapur Municipal Council members headed by their chairperson and the district administration headed by the deputy commissioner, Dimapur, unanimously resolved to extend full cooperation to the government to maintain law and order during the examinations.

Dimapur district has a total of 51 examination centres of which two centres are being kept for the students coming from the four hills district of Manipur.

Representatives from every walk of life will man the “sensitive” examination centres.