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Naga United Village Council (NUVC) has affirmed to reoccupy Intanki National Park (INP) unless Beisumpuikam village was also evicted, as both villages were declared “illegal” by Nagaland Forest Department. “Unless Beisumpuikam village is evicted we will continue to occupy the land. But, if government evict Beisumpuikam village also we will voluntarily vacate the land,” the NUVC members asserted. The NUVC maintained that 14 Naga tribes of Nagaland had to establish Naga United village in Intanki reserve forest because the Nagaland government could not evict the encroached Beisumpuikam village where majority population were from outside the state. Talking to pressperson here at the evicted site, the villagers termed the eviction drive carried out by NSCN (I-M) and state government on June 16 and June 24 respectively as “partial eviction”. Elaborating “partial eviction” the NUVC members said though there were three encroached villages inside INP the eviction was carried out only at...