Dimapur, November 9 (MExN): The GPRN/NSCN has accused the 36th Assam Rifles of high-handedness and ‘mental and psychological harassment upon the minor children and women.’
In a press release on Monday, the GPRN/NSCN MIP alleged that troops of the 36th AR, “in total disregard and breach of the Ceasefire Ground Rules (CFGR),”raided the house of Huvito Yepthomi, Speaker, National Tatar Hoho, GPRN/NSCN (a special official ID Card holder), in Purana Bazar, Dimapur, in the wee hours of November 9 on the “pretext of receiving (unsubstantial) information, even after being fully aware of the absence of the house owner.”
It further accused the troops of combing the house without “witness of the people” and allegedly “taking photograph of the minor girl sleeping in the room” and creating “mental and psychological harassment upon the minor children and women folks of the house.”
According to the release, the 41st AR had also raided the residence of the same GPRN/NSCN functionary on January 23.
“No incriminating/prohibited materials or evidences in both the occasions” were found on both occasions and they were “left off by simply citing wrong information,” GPRN/NSCN asserted.
“This intermittent arbitrary, random and imperative act of the Assam Rifles with total disregard of the Ceasefire Ground Rules (CFGR), in this case multiple times upon the said individual GPRN member, is raising much concern of the motive and worthiness of trust and convinces with the GoI in the midst of securing the Indo-Naga solution,” it stated.
While condemning the incident, the GPRN/NSCN also ‘advised’ the AR to “refrain from enforcing provocative indulgences and harassment upon the Naga national workers.”
