DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 18 (MExN): The NSCN (IM) today accused the Assam Rifles of violating the Cease Fire Ground Rules (CFGR), stating that personnel of the 23 AR had apprehended a staff of the NSCN (IM) Zeliang region on November 16 “without any reason.”
A press note from the MIP of the NSCN (IM) said that Ringnichang, Khapur was apprehended at around 5:30pm, November 18, at Riangpang village, Nungba Sub-Division.
“The Assam Rifles team which violated the cease fire ground rules was, however, confronted by the womenfolk and public of Riangpang village and Nungba areas who blocked the National Highway 39 to demand the release of the arrested Khapur,” the NSCN (IM) said.
It further claimed that a woman was “seriously injured as her head was pierced with a gun barrel of the AR personnel and had to be hospitalized at Nungba, while many others were injured in their bid to rescue the Khapur.” The NSCN (IM) also alleged that the apprehended person was “tortured inside the vehicle of the Assam Rifles personnel even while the womenfolk tried to negotiate his release from the hands of the AR personnel.”
Condemning the incident, the NSCN (IM) stated that “such a provocation and harassment by the Indian security forces happened again at a time when the Indo-Naga peace talk is in progress.”
It meanwhile lauded the “Naga womenfolk and public from Riangpang village and Nungba areas for their courage, sacrifice and timely intervention which led to the rescue of the Khapur on time.”
