Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio discussed the issue of detention of 45 Naga youths in the Mohali Jail, Punjab, with Advocate General, Nagaland, KN Balgopal, in New Delhi on Saturday, according to an official report.

The Nagaland chief minister urged the Advocate General to personally intervene in the case and asked him to depute his team to take urgent necessary actions for the release of the "innocent Naga youths who are falsely implicated in a case". Rio also directed the Resident Commissioner in-charge of Nagaland House, New Delhi, to be in touch with the families of the "innocent Naga youths" and extend all necessary help required for them.

The parents/relatives of the Naga youths have been requested to contact the Government of Nagaland to provide all information and cooperation for getting these innocent Naga youths released, the report added.