DIMAPUR, MAY 31 (MExN): The Matikhru Village Council (MVC) has alleged that citizens of Matikhru Village were fired upon around 4:00 to 5:00pm while working in their paddy field, bordering the state of Manipur on May 27. The MVC condemned the same. A press release from MVC claimed that the villagers were “fired upon by Jessami villagers with sophisticated weapon for more than half an hour.”
Fortunately no one was injured, the MVC informed, while stating that “upon investigation by the concerned authorities together with the villagers on May 28, in the place of occurrence, bullet marks were all visible both inside and outside the hut, piercing through the walls causing damage to their belongings, including utensils and even found the bullets...”
The MVC appealed to all organizations, Hohos, and likeminded people to “come forward condemning and rescue our village even as we are rebuilding our village from the wrath of Indian forces that annihilated and wiped us out from the aftermath of 6th September, 1960.”
“There are numerous pending cases related to boundary issue between Nagaland and Manipur, and particularly Jessami village with all the surrounding villages both inside and outside Manipur,” it reminded.
The council further asked the Nagaland State Government to “protect and uphold the territorial boundary of Nagaland and to expedite all the pending cases of destruction, encroachment and firing incidents so as to deliver justice and display a semblance of law and order even in a remote area like ours.”
