DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 11 (MExN): Pained, hurt and mostly confused by the violence meted out on them by cadres of the NSCN (K), the seven village leaders of Wanching are still trying to figure out why they had been assaulted in such an inhuman way. Having been referred by, Mon Civil Hospital for better medical attention, the Village Council Chairman, Village Education Committee Chairman, Head GB and other four heads of the village are undergoing intense medical examination here at Dimapur. Giving out horrifying details of the fateful night of November 7, the VC Chairman said that they had been bound with their hands behind their back and beaten with bamboo sticks andgun butts for more than two hour, from 9 PM to 11:10 PM.
The chairman and the Head GB stated that there had been no provocation for the physical assault. They confirmed earlier news reports that the cadres had demanded 50 Kgs of rice, 10 chickens and Rs. 20,000 which was provided to them but in the absence of chicken, 2 ducks and a pig was arranged. However, inspite of all that a curfew was imposed in the village from 8 PM to 4 AM and the cadres forbad anyone from coming out of their houses. The village leaders were then summoned, and as soon as they entered the appointed house, the cadres shut all the windows and doors, tied their hands behind their back and started beating them with bamboos and rifle butts. “There was no questioned asked, no reason given to us. They just started beating us” stated the Head GB. “They locked us inside the house and hit us, and whoever cried out in pain was hit harder”, stated one of the victims. The victims of the harassment, who are also the village heads disclosed that their only demand to the NSCN (K) authorities is to handover the culprits to the village, otherwise the village would not cooperate with the group at all.
.jpeg)
