Tubu Kevichüsa

Perietsü Kevichüsa Meru (; 30 March 1948 – 4 June 1996), commonly known as Tubu Kevichüsa was a politician from Nagaland, India who served as the General Secretary of Naga National Council until his assassination in June 1996 by armed men from the NSCN-IM. His brother Chalie Kevichüsa was also assassinated by the NSCN-IM in September 1992.

Early life Perietsü Tubu Kevichüsa was born on 30 March 1948 in Kohima to a prominent family with significant political influence in Nagaland throughout the last half of the 20th century. His mother and father were Germanthangi and Kevichüsa Angami. His mother is Mizo, originating from present-day Mizoram. His father is Angami Naga, originating from Khonoma.

Career Kevichüsa began his career as a lawyer but left India in the 1980s to work with the separatist Federal Government of Nagaland under Angami Zapu Phizo.

On 9 July 1983, Kevichüsa wrote a letter to Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah, with an intention to remind them that the formation of NSCN was wrong.

Funeral At the funeral, Razhukhrielie Kevichüsa, the eldest brother said: “We forgive those who have done this.”

Khrielie Kevichüsa also said the same at the funeral of Tubu's elder brother Chalie Kevichüsa in 1992.

On his tombstone at the Kevichüsa's Family Burial Ground is engraved, the Bible verse Isaiah 49:4 from the New International Version: I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing at all. Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand, and my reward is with my God.

NSCN-IM's response Deepak Dewan, the Political Editor of North East Sun asked Thuingaleng Muivah in Bangkok, Thailand, on the killing of Kevichüsa, Muivah said: “His (Chalie's) brother deserved to be shot. And we don't make any secret of it. You know how Tubu behaved. How he started condemning everybody. He did not have any regard for any national workers. And he started projecting himself as a person who was all in all.”

— (Quote: North East Sun, 1-14 August 1998 issue, page 15)