Imphal, January 18: Taking strong exception against the killing of four NSCN (K) cadres by 14 Assam Rifles personnel on January 5 at Chandraman village located near Kalapahar in Senapati district, the Naga Women Union, Manipur and Naga Peoples' Movement for Human Rights (Southern Sector) today said that killings being perpetrated by the law enforcing agencies, particularly the Assam Rifles, in the name of maintaining law and order should be condemned by all.

In a statement the two organisations said that the four NSCN (K) cadres were first apprehended by KNF and later killed in a fake encounter by the Assam Rifles.

The KNF is an old ally of the NSCN (K), they added.

�We cannot simply accept this kind of unjustified killings by the Indian Army even during the observation of well defined Ceasefire Agreement with the two factions of NSCN since 1997 and 2001 respectively,� said the two organisations and questioned the logic of killing the four cadres while the cease fire is on.

On the other hand if �Naga Army inflicted such acts upon the Indian Army it was construed as criminal acts and violation of cease fire,� observed the two organisations and added that the Indian Army is not above the law of the land that they can decide who can be gunned down or not.

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