Says ‘student volunteers will verify documents of non-locals any time and any place’
Dimapur, Aug. 6 (EMN): The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has announced what it stated was ‘first phase of exercise to prevent influx of illegal immigrants’ to Nagaland in the aftermath of the Assam government publishing its National Register of Citizens (NRC).
A statement issued by the NSF on Monday informed that ‘student volunteers’ will be assigned to verify the documents of the ‘non-locals’ at any time and at any place ‘in order to segregate the genuine Indian citizens from the illegal immigrants.’
For this, it has directed those with Inner Line Permit to carry their cards and other relevant documents like electoral ID card and Aadhaar card etc. “In the process of verification of ILP and other related documents, the defaulters who are not able to produce the documents will be considered as illegal immigrants (sic) and the defaulters will be handed over to the district administration and police or will be dealt with stern action as deem fit by the student unions.
“Through this statement, the federation would like to make its stand clear that, this exercise is being carried out to identify and weed out the Illegal Immigrants (sic) and no genuine citizens of the country will be harassed in the process of the verification, so long as the person is able to produce the documents,” the statement read.
The NSF appealed to the district administration and law enforcing agencies to assist and service ‘as and when required by the student unions and its volunteers.’
