DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 14 (MExN): The Yimchungru Tribal Council (YTC) on Wednesday condemned what it alleged as a fabricated act committed by the 40th Assam Rifles on one of its bona fide member, Y Kiumuhean on December 12, 2016. YTC in a condemnation note alleged that six armed personnel of the 40th AR entered the house of the person in question at around 6:30pm and blindfolded his friend and detained him inside a vehicle outside the house without any reason.
At the time, some of the AR trespassed inside the rooms and frisked every nook and corner in the presence of the victim’s wife and his son. When nothing indiscriminate was found, one of the AR personnel allegedly took a plastic package from his pocket and took it to their vehicle where the victim was detained and claimed that the package was found in one of the room, the YTC alleged.
Consequently, the victim was the transported to the AR camp and latter shifted to Tuensang Police Station on the pretext of possession of illegal weapons. He was then evacuated to Mokokchung Police Station and later forwarded to the District Jail, the YTC said. In this connection, the YTC has condemned the act of the AR personnel for allegedly carrying illegal weapons, placing them inside the house of an innocent Naga with intention to “maliciously implicate” with criminal offences. It further urged the competent authority to release the victim immediately.
