Mon, April 16 (MExN): A day after the Oting Village Council refuted allegations that two NSCN (K) cadres were arrested by the Assam Rifles, the Oting Youth Organisation (OYO) today strongly condemned the actions of the AR and instead accused the 35 AR of “high handedness and cruelty”.
The OYO in a statement insisted that the two were “innocent Oting villagers”. The two – Nyanei Konyak and Lemnyei Konyak – were “tortured and held captive” in their company camp at Tizit and later “branded” as NSCN 'K' cadres, the OYO stated.
Questioning whether the AR was for the protection of citizens or “to abduct and torture innocent civilians”, the youth body advised the AR to do away with the 'friends of the hill people' tag.
Further the OYO appealed to every right minded citizen to condemn the “reckless and inhuman act” so that such incidents are not repeated elsewhere.
