Tuensang, December 21 (MExN): More organizations today condemned the December 12 incident in Tuensang, where personnel of 40 Assam Rifles raided the house of Kiumuhean, former Vice Chairman, Town Council Tuensang, and apprehended him.
YWO: The Yimchunger Women Organisation (YWO) in a condemnation note issued by its president, Alula Z Thsanso has questioned why the raid was carried out without police representative for a witness and other formalities and why the weapon was not shown immediately from the place of recovery. It maintained that “the said incident has also created panic among the residents as people feel totally unsafe and insecure because anyone can be framed by the security force without prime reason.” Meanwhile, it stated the circumstances under which the weapon was recovered from the premises of Kiumuhean needs to be investigated by the magistrate as “it has raised many questions and led to suspicion.”
YAA: The Yimchungrü Akherü Arihako (YAA) also condemned what it called “fictitious act” committed by the 40 Assam Rifles upon one of its citizens. A press release from YAA Media Cell claimed that the 40 AR arrested the “innocent victim” merely on “false allegation” of possession of illegal weapons” and then forwarded him to District Jail, Mokokchung. The YAA has urged the competent authority to release the victim at the earliest and also called upon every right thinking citizen to condemn the act of the AR jawans.
