Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 06 2010:
All Zeliangrong Students' Union (Assam, Manipur Nagaland) has accused troops of 11 Assam Rifles of ransacking and looting money from a house at Khoupum Duithanjang of Tamenglong district.
However, the Defence Spokesman has strongly refuted the allegations as baseless and meant to tarnish the image of the security force.
A press release issued by its General Secretary said that the troops barged into the empty house of one M Aniampi w/o Kabibuan and ransacked household items at around 12.30 am on November 3 .
The security team also took away a cash of Rs 1.5 lakhs by breaking the locks of a wooden almirah, it alleged.
Aniampi, a Primary teacher of Tamenglong ADC, was not at home when the incident occured as she had gone to the district headquarters with her husband to collect her salary.
The troops not only rounded up one Paul Phaomei of Gaidimjang village, a former NSCN (IM) cadre but also enquired the family members of NSCN (IM) cadres regarding their whereabouts, the press release said.
Maintaining that many such incidents had happened in the past as well, AZSU urged the concerned authority to pull up the involved personnel and take up punitive action against them.
However the Defence spokesman has strongly refuted the story dubbing it baseless with the intention to tarnish the image of the security forces.
The spokesman said that on November 3 night troops of Assam Rifles conducted a search operation in Khoupum are and a S/S Pvt of the NSCN (IM), identified only as Paul, was arrested.
Apart from a binocular, troops recovered a large number of extortion ntes from him.
He was handed over to Imphal West police on November 5, said the spokesman.