Wages of War

He held the dreaded ‘love-letter’ in trembling hands. His heart raced. Line by line, the 40-year-old Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO) read the extortion note with a sinking feeling that there was no choice but to pay. Twenty-five percent of his salary and that of every other employee in his department was to be handed over to the Naga Underground (UG) — or the safety of their families would be jeopardised.

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