Imphal, May 08: Contending that Taorem Hemanta and Ngairangbam Mocha, who stated before the CJM, Chandel on May 5 and 6 to be UNLF cadres who surrendered to the Assam Rifles, the underground UNLF charged security forces of terrorising the youths to make scripted confessions.

Recalling court room episodes, a UNLF statement issued by senior publicity officer Ksh Yoiheiba said T Hemanta s/o Manglem of Luwangsangbam Matai Khul (village) was produced before the court by Army authorities after subjected to psychological threats during detention at Leikun camp of 34 Assam rifles, to proclaim himself as surrendered UNLF member as cover-up exercise by the Army.

Hemanta was simply a driver lured by agents of security force with promises of jobs and incentives, it added.

Substantiating the accusations, Yoiheiba strongly objected records placed before the CJM court by one Major Arun Tiwari of 37 AR regarding the 22 year old Hemanta's Army No as 136 and surrendering with a US carbine and one magazine.

He pointed out that No 136 as per UNLF's enrolment record belonged to its deceased Sgt Maj Puren alias Rosankumar s/o Sh Sanajaoba of Kakching Wairi Leikai.

Informing that Puren died in a Manipur river mishap on September 23, 2000, the statement observed that Maj Arun's efforts to project Hemanta as UNLF cadre has exposed the Army's surrender drama beyond doubt.

Not only is the name Hemanta alien to the organisation, producing the US carbine is literally a tactical miscalculation of the Assam Rifles as such weapon has been out of UNLF's armoury since long back.

The UNLF also rubbished May 6 report of PIB (DW) that Ngairangbam Mocha alias Nanao alias Shantikumar alias Nongshaba s/o (L) Ng Lilachandra of Mayang Imphal Thana Leikai is one of its cadre who surrendered on March 27 at the Leikun post of the AR.

Claiming that the name Mocha as mentioned by the AR authorities is a fictitious one, the armed group further asserted that there is none in Mayang Imphal Thana Leikai under such name and described the PIB report as part of security forces' ongoing campaign to confuse the public.

It also appealed to responsible citizens of Mayang Imphal to clarify whether Ngairangbam Mocha is known to them rather that endure misleading information emanating from Army fortresses.

Highlighting numerous cases of civilians made to suffer atrocities committed by security personnel, UNLF said the latest episode is yet another dimension of the Army's assertion that it can manipulate people of Manipur anytime according to its whims and wishes.

Expressing solidarity to suffering of those families who had endured numerous facets of abuse, UNLF said the fact that even civilians arrested in broad daylight are dressed up in combat attires and branded as UGs after death sums up the intention of armed forces who could go to any length to extend colonial rule.

The Army authorities/personnel have even managed to mislead their higher-ups for promotional incentives capitalising on counter-insurgency programme of the Government, alleged the statement referring to the scandalous North Cachar Hills incident wherein innocent people doused in tomato sauce were made to lie down and their photographs taken as militants killed in encounter.

The ongoing surrender drama is nothing short of the tomato sauce episode to make for failure of numerous surrender scheme floated by the Government, said the UNLF while cautioning all to be on the alert as there is still possibility of the security forces carrying out similar ploy with slight alteration to demoralise the sovereignty movement.

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