Dimapur, April 30: A Deputy Kilonser (minister) and a Joint Secretary of the NSCN-IM have been kidnapped by the rival NSCN-Unification from Dimapur on Wednesday.

Confirming the reports, the NSCN-IM said tonight that NSCN-IM deputy Kilonser Nemalie Metha and Joint Secretary Kahoi Chaplee (Finance) ministry of the outfit were abducted by NSCN-Unification group.

Terming the act of the rival group as inhuman and degrading operation, the NSCN-IM said, "The despicable offensive by the unification group in the name of their glorified slogan of unification goes on unabated and the abduction is going on in the most unbecoming manner bereft of any dignity and socio-political morality.

The inhuman and degrading operation launched by the most uncultured elements ever witnessed in the history of Naga political struggle".

The NSCN-IM further stated that as part of the NSCN-Unification group's "dirty indulgence in anything immoral", NSCN-IM deputy Kilonser Nemalie Metha and Joint Secretary Kahoi of Chaplee ministry were abducted by NSCN-Unification group.

"Strange and provocative in the name of unification by violence and abductions is something unheard of anywhere in today's world of civilization.

A call for unification with a devilish charm is the exact face of the unification group today.

By any standard of tolerance, the Nagas way of dealing with the anti-social elements and traitors need to be shown in a more demonstrative manner.

The state government too should exercise the propriety of differentiating national workers and rogue elements but on the prowl using the stolen name of NSCN," fumed the NSCN-IM tonight in a statement.