Dimapur, Oct 2 (MExN): The Naga Mothers Association (NMA) has questioned the actions of law-enforcing personnel in taking law in their own hands “in the persons of 11 IRB”. The NMA was referring to the September 28 shooting of a Class-X student by an IRB patrolling personnel.
“The Naga Mothers Association is deeply pained at the spurt of rampant abuse of human lives; there is total lack of respect for human lives; we are no longer secure even in our own very homes; for one excuse or another, people are killed or tortured even if one were innocent” the Mothers, through its president Z Khesheli Chishi, stated.
The Mothers took strong exception that even students are not spared, with “our very own State Police Force in the persons of the 11 IRB” taking the law to whims.
“How can the law-keepers shoot or torture helpless civilians when they are meant to be protecting them? Is this the way uniformed personnel are trained to do? How come that they are terrorizing the civilians? Are they equipped with a license to kill? Our minds are filled with anxiety and uncertainty wondering who will be the next victim” the mothers lamented. The NMA, taking cognizance of the recent developments, urged concern authorities to “do everything” necessary to prevent recurrence of such police-perpetrated crimes. “The state must also ensure that respect and welfare of human life is upheld as the supreme objective for every human life shares the same attributes and hence every life is accountable” the Mothers reminded.
