Dimapur, April 16 (EMN): The Ovungtsu Ekhung of Wokha has strongly condemned an April 10 incident at Merapani village in Wokha during which one Chenio Ovung was allegedly struck with a machete and his left hand chopped off from the wrist. The victim was said to be an employee of a saw mill at Merapani, a press release from the organization informed on Monday.
In the press release, the accused were identified as one Kania Kachari and a Godi Kachari.
According to the press release, the incident occurred when the victim was trying to pacify a quarrel among the Kachari family’s members. The updates stated that the ‘ill intention and cowardly act of the Kachari brothers was nothing short of an attempt to murder’ and which the organisation stated should be condemned by all.
The Ovungtsu has thanked the Merapani village council and Nagaland police in Bhandari for assisting and for shifting the injured individual to Dimapur civil hospital.
Expressing disgust at the incident the organisation has appealed to the law enforcing agencies to capture the perpetrators at the earliest and punish them.
