Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Imphal, Jul 27:
The All Naga Students Association, Manipur (ANSAM) and the Naga Peoples' Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) have accused the Assam Rifles saying that the latter has been provoking the Naga people on the eve of the crucial round of talks between the NSCN-IM and the Government of India in the Thai capital starting from coming Friday.
The wrath of the two Naga social organisations come at the backdrop of yesterday's incident where the cadres of the NSCN-IM and the AR exchanged gun fire at Leingang Ching which resulted in the killing of a civilian.
ANSAM and NPMHR said that even though cease fire has been going on for the last nine years, the Indian security forces have been provoking Naga people to play the spoil sport with regard to the Naga peace process.
The two Naga organisations strongly condemned yesterday's incident and expressed their condolences to the bereaved family of the deceased identified as S.N.Premson.Meanwhile, a late reports said that the Leingang Ching Village Authority has directly accused the 21 Assam Rifles for the killing of S.N.Premson.
The village authority said that it has been the Assam Rifles that had killed Premson and nobody else.
The village authority said that unless the Assam Rifles give reasonable clarification the dead body of S.N.Premson would not be taken by the villagers and the family
members.