The proscribed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) on Monday denied its involvement in the serving of demand notes to several people.
The general secretary-cum-publicity secretary of the HNLC Sainkupar Nongtraw said it is the handiwork of miscreants and that the undersigned are not in any way connected to the HNLC.
He said, “This is a serious matter and the HNLC warns anybody using the outfits name just for extortion. If found then the HNLC will be compelled to take action as it corrupts the sole nature of the on-going Peace talks.”
According to him, the same types of cases had also surfaced in the past.
“As the peace talks are progressing forward it could also be a step towards derailing the entire process by people having vested interests,” he said.
Nongtraw said that no agreement has been signed so far between the Government of India, Government of Meghalaya and the HNLC and neither side have not created any attempt to damage it.
“Everything has been adhered to as a mark of respect from the HNLC to the GOI and GOM not to indulge into any kind of illegal activities”.
Meanwhile, Nongtraw said, “The law enforcement agencies should take up the matter seriously from the source of the fake letterhead and get the culprits arrested so as to enable a peaceful atmosphere for the Peace talks to proceed also from the HNLC we are assigning our own intelligence wing to find out the persons involved namely Shynshar Khymdeit and Samuel Wahlang,” Nongtraw said.