Kohima: The Assam Rifles today denied that it had issued any 'gag order' to the media in Nagaland on matters relating to NSCN(K), which was recently banned by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

"The Assam Rifles had written the letter to the editors of five media houses of Nagaland on October 24 highlighting the fact that NSCN(K) has been notified as an unlawful association under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 by the Ministry of Home Affairs and amplified some of the clauses of the Gazette Notification which have its own legal implications," a statement issued by the office of the Inspector General of Assam Rifles (North) (IGAR(N)) said here.