NSCN (IM) denounces AR’s ‘cold blooded murder’

Dimapur, July 13 (EMN): The NSCN (IM) has condemned the ‘inhuman torture and cold blooded murder’ of two unarmed NSCN members namely Tenwang Wangsa from Senua Noksa village and Acham Wangsu from Longphong village at Senua Noksa village under Longding district, Arunachal, in full view of the public. NSCN (IM), through its MIP, has slammed the 16th Assam Rifles under the command of Major KB Singh of the Wakka outpost for the cold blooded murder of its two razou peyus and claiming to have killed in an encounter. It alleged that the Assam Rifles personnel had killed its members at the residence of the deputy village chief after over powering them. It went on to add that the Assam Rifles personnel resorted to blank firing throughout the night to mislead the villagers on pretext that the two were killed in an encounter. The dead bodies were handed over to the family and villagers after 3 pm on the following day on July 12, it added. NSCN (IM) has also accused the Assam Rifles personnel of crossing all human ethics in total disregard to the dead. Claiming that the members were captured and murdered through the sinister design of the Assam Rifles by inviting them at the residence of the deputy chief of the village upon the request of the two decoys, NSCN (IM) stated that the question of encounter or the Assam Rifles personnel coming under fire from the victims or weapons captured from the victims was baseless, ridiculous and highly malicious. It also mentioned that Sergeant Pangang Gangsa, a Naga army of Wakka village, was killed right in front of his wife by the same 16 Assam Rifles personnel on May 25, 2018. On the following day, the Assam Rifles had proudly claimed in the media to have killed him in an encounter. While condemning the incident, NSCN (IM) expressed remorse that in its sincere quest for peace it has instead become a victim of the ceasefire. It added that NSCN has lost more members during the ceasefire period beginning from August 1997 till date when compared to the number of casualties during the non-ceasefire period. It has further accused the Assam Rifles of trying to destroy the peace process initiated by the Government of India.