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The rallyists held placards which read, 'We Want Peace' and 'Father's Day with Tears in Aboi'. The NSCN(K) wants a free state for Nagas by carving out Naga-inhabited areas in both India and Myanmar.On Monday, people of Aboi town had taken out a peace rally in protest against the ambush in which four security personnel were reportedly killed. GUWAHATI: The Myanmar-based NSCN (Khaplang), which along with Ulfa (Independent) had ambushed a team of the Assam Rifles and the Territorial Army at Aboi in Mon district of Nagaland on Sunday, has come under sharp criticism from Naga tribes and the state government.People of the state and the government have appealed to NSCN(K) to shun violence and join the ongoing peace process with the Centre. Urhing both the security forces and Naga National Political Groups (NNPG), the six Naga groups in ceasefire and the peace process to maintain maximum restraint, it apealed to NSCN(K) to shun violence for the sake of peaceful co-existence.The Eastern Nagaland People's Organization (ENPO) and six federating tribal bodies have also condemned the attack and said the people of ENPO continue to oppose any form of violence within Eastern Nagaland jurisdiction covering the four districts of Mon, Tuensang, Kiphire and Longleng. Authorities in Mon have clamped night curfew on the three-km stretch along the India-Myanmar border in the district from 10 pm to 3am for three months till August 21.Chief minister Neiphiu Rio, in a statement, said the government of Nagaland strongly condemns such acts of violence in the state, particularly when the Nagas are yearning for lasting peace after decades of strife and bloodshed..