Wokha, Jan. 22 (EMN): It is reported that a villager from Khumchoyan village under Bhandari subdivision of Wokha district on Mon. was assaulted and harassed by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel without any reason, as alleged by villagers.
It has been reported that a ‘sector commander’ and four personnel of said force arrived in the village in a white police vehicle, took video and photo clippings. Also, they are said to have ‘visited’ the Don Bosco School and an under-construction Georg church in the area, it was informed. Also, the CRPF personnel came into the village without informing the village’s chairman or GBs, it was reported.
Information available at the time of filing this report say that the incident happened at around 3:30 pm. The CRPF personnel intruded into the house of Chonbeni Ovung, said to be a member of Khumchoyan’s village development board, without any permission. When the house’s owner Renchio Ovung, husband of Chonbeni, questioned the policemen for invading their home, he was physically assaulted by one of the CRPF men, it is alleged. Verbal abuse and threats are also said to have been issued.
The CRPF personnel are said to have threatened the villagers with shutting down the school and that the under-construction church building ‘be stopped by tomorrow.’ Further, it was alleged that they were asked to stop any activity in the area claiming that it was a ‘border area.’
The villagers have requested the state and district administrations to intervene and ‘give protection.’ It is reported that they have demanded that a ‘statement’ be taken from the village before the issue spirals into something much worse.
