The fourth usurpation of the throne of king/chief of Hunphun/Ukhrul on 07.01.2005 by HA Sarima-ya, supported by a few illegal claimants of Hanga (VA) seats, has opened the Pandora's box at Ukhrul town.

HA Sarimaya in his desperate attempt to usurp the throne is now in an unholy alliance with his treacherous first cousins and other ambitious schemers craze for Hanga seats.

Undeniably, HA Sarimaya during his first (1976-82), second (84-86) and third (87-88) chieftaincy, indulging in alcoholism, had sold many a big plot of public land privily. In order to evade himself from open discussion of his misdeeds in the council, most of the time he abstained from attending VA Council sitting.

When the resolution(s) of the Hanga (VA Council) was/were presented for his assent, he simply rejected them to save his own skin. At court cases belonging to land disputes he stood up for the rival party against his own VA Council.

His irrespirable behaviour finally compelled him be abdicate the throne in favour of his younger brother HA Haoreingam on the advice of his family, VA and elder w.e.f. 1130 hours of Sept 10 1988 in a deed registered at the court of sub-register, Ukhrul Central on 01.12.1988. The deed, since then, is still in vogue.

No sooner then he forcibly re-occupy the throne of Headman on 07.01.205 much against the will and desire of the customary heads of clans (Hangva), HA Sarimaya and his associates as the village authority of Ukhrul had withdrawn the SGRY, 2004-05, money component of which is amounted to Rs 3,86,232/- along with 579.35 quintals of rice, and the SGRY, 2005-06 amounting to Rs 2,84,123/- with 989.30 quintals of rice and the SGRY 2006-07 amounting Rs 7,11,000/- along with 606 quintals of rice.

Not a single grain of rice or a paise of money reached the poor and mass population of Ukhrul Hq village.

A pertinent question arises here: How dare the Govt authority at Ukhrul headquarters, inspite of the deed in vogue, accepted HA Sarimaya and his illegitimate associates as the village authority of Hunphun/ Ukhrul?

Now, that most of the rice and certain amount of money are learned to have been utilised as bribes to different dignitaries and as rewards to those how have laboured for restoration of the throne to HA Sarimaya. It is a broad daylight robbery of privileges and public wealth.

All these are carried out right under the very nose of Pankaj Kumar Pal, DC/ Ukhrul.

Interestingly, his PA Samson Kasar played a vital role in these broad daylight robberies as the chief advisor to Headman of Ukhrul, Kol Kasar, elder brother of Samson Kasar, as the VA Secretary HA Wungnaopam, treacherous first cousin of HA Sarimaya, as Finance Secretary and in other cases as Mantri and T Zingkhai as VA Secretary.

In fact, none of them have customary seats in the VA Council. HA Sarimaya arbitrarily inducted them as his VA members and summarily rejected all the existing customary VA members, who have permanent seats in the VA Council, representing each clan.

This illegal VA members under the leadership of HA Sarimaya in the garb of elders consultative meeting held at the private residence of Victor W Kaping, Retd Jt Director for Dev of Tribal and Other Backward Classes, decided to protect HA Sarimaya's illegal VA Council at any eventually and constituted an Action Committee of 51 members something like the militia on 7.3.06. Sinister design of the formation of a factional action committee had been manifested in the last public meetings. They are trigger happy guys.

On July 10, 2006 a commission (to unify Hunphun Village Council) was set up under the chairmanship of Wungamreo Shaiza, former Chief Secretary of Delhi, in a public meeting. Accordingly, its report is tabled before the public in a meeting convened by HA Sarimaya on 27.09.2006.

The public after reading the commission's recommendations, unanimously accepted the report as final and binding and urged upon the customary village council to start functioning right from Sept 30.2006 as per commission's directives found in the report. It was the 'vox populi' and the meeting was concluded in peace and without any controversy.

But the next day, the coup leader HA Sarimaya, and his self styled VA Secretary T Zingkhai circulated a notification suspending Hunphun/ Ukhrul Village Council sessions (sitting) indefinitely. The public can never expect any good outcome from the alcoholic.

HA Sarimaya and his gang are apt to get into mischief at any eventually. Ukhrul has been boiling hot and now all are compelled to roll up their sleeves and prepared for the worst.

In the mean time, the biggest question in the minds of Ukhrul people is who/what has lulled the authority concern at Ukhrul?

S. Wungnaoya Shimzingwo, Ukhrul
LS Tangwung Luiyaiwo, Ukhrul
Moon Kashungwo, Ukhrul.