Morung Express News
October 6
Dimapur: The NSCN (IM) has lashed out at the Meghalaya Police over what it has termed as ‘heinous crime’ committed upon three of its cadres and two innocent civilians at Mawlyngad village, Meghalaya on October 5. It has appealed to the International Human Rights Commission to intervene into the matter and has also sought wide condemnation by all Human Rights societies and ‘peace loving people’ against the “atrocities (committed) upon the innocent people by the Indian Army.”
A release issued by Shaheni, Secretary, MIP, GPRN stated, “The victims, Late Chuba Waling, Late Imsang, Late Mixson, Late Martin and Late Victor were apprehended by the Meghalaya Police and inhumanely tortured to death while in their custody, i.e., the former three victims are cadres of the NSCN and the latter two civilians, who were stated to have been killed in a false encounter.” The corroboration of their stage managed encounter with bank robbers is paradoxically bereft of substantial evidences, he added.
“The ghastly injuries of eyes being gouged out, fractured skull with the brain smashed out and the internal organs protruding out leaves one to wonder as to how such injuries had been inflicted upon the innocent victims,” Shaheni continued. The NSCN has further accused the Meghalaya Police of planting arms on the victims after laying the dead bodies on the ground and spraying them with bullets. The outfit has also questioned as to why not even a single bullet had penetrated the body of the Tata Sumo on which the five were traveling.
In a separate press release, the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO), while condemning the incident stated that the Meghalaya Police had given a distorted version of the killings. While appealing to the National Human Rights Commission to intervene, the NESO stated, “There was never an encounter whatsoever, but stage-managed by the Meghalaya Police. The NSCN boys were on their way to Dimapur as Chuba was to attend his brother’s marriage. This is nothing but State sponsored terrorism.” The NESO has also called upon the Government of India to immediately initiate an enquiry into the matter.