Naga body in Manipur petitions PM, seeking release of six Naga captives

Key points

• An apex body of Naga women in Manipur petitioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (May 20, 2026), seeking the Centre’s intervention for the release of six Naga men allegedly held hostage by Kuki groups.
• They also demanded the abrogation of agreements signed with several Kuki extremist groups.
• The appeal of the Naga Women’s Union (NWU) followed a memorandum from the Kuki-Zo Council, an apex body of Kuki-Zo communities in the conflict-scarred State, to the Prime Minister on May 18. The Kuki body had sought the safe release of 14 Kuki men, including three minor students, allegedly held hostage by Naga groups.
• The latest hostage crisis hit Manipur after unidentified gunmen ambushed and killed three Thadou church leaders on May 13. A section of Thadous claim it is a tribe independent of the Kuki tag.
• Six hostages remain On Wednesday (May 20, 2026), hundreds of NWU members staged protests in...