NSCN (IM) supremo Th Muivah on Wednesday arrived in Manipur's Ukhrul district to visit his native village Somdal after more than 50 years, officials said.

A helicopter with the 91-year-old Naga leader on board landed on the Bakshi ground in the district headquarters, they said.

Thousands of Naga women in their traditional attire and men holding spears and wearing headgears have turned up at the Ukhrul district headquarters to welcome Muivah.

Muivah, who is the principal negotiator in the Naga peace talks with the Centre, since the NSCN (IM) entered into a ceasefire in 1997, is likely to stay in Somdal village for a week before departing for Dimapur, an official said.

His visit comes at a time when Manipur is battered by ethnic violence between Meiteis and Kuki-Zo groups since May 2023.

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