UNLF negates surrender claim

IMPHAL, May 6: A press statement signed by Ksh.Yoiheiba Senior Publicity Officer of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) has refuted the news report of one Sgt Maj Salam Kunjabihari @ Tharoiba surrendering along with an M-22 riffle to the Red Shield Division. It alleged that the news item based on a release from the PIB (Defence Wing) is totally made up and is part of the ongoing fake drama being carried out as propaganda by the security forces. Pointing out that the 'service number 886 and batch number 13' does not exist in the service record of the UNLF, the release said that Service number 886 only matches late Ahanthem Ngamthang@Chalamba, son of A. Menjor of Phumlou who was killed on July 16, 2002 and that the said service number is not included in batch number 13.