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by Kaybie Chongloi
KANGPOKPI, Apr.1: At least five persons including a woman have been reportedly wounded severely in an alleged Assam Rifles brutality at Leihaojang village under Nungba police station in Tamenglong district on Thursday, March 31 morning.
Meanwhile, Kuki Students’ Organization, Jiribam-Tamenglong have lodged their strong condemnation over the alleged brutality of Assam Rifles personnel towards the villagers of Leihaojang village demand befitting action against the guilty personnel within 48 hours.
The student body also warned of intense agitation if the concerned authority fails to initiate befitting action is within the stipulated time.
The student body alleged that early on Thursday morning at around 5 am personnel of Assam Rifles suspected to be from Kadamthal Post entered Leihaojang village, located around 50 Km [non-motorable] from Jiribam and conducted search operation in the village.
The AR personnel led by one unidentified captain summoned all the villagers and asked them about the presence militant outfits in the village alleged KSO-Jiri-Tamenglong General Secretary, Bruce Haopu while adding that the villagers were mercilessly assaulted by AR personnel when they [the villagers] respond the AR officer about their ignorance of the presence of militant outfits in the village.
He continued to allege that even women were not spared by the AR personnel during their callousness and added that a mother of 5 children identified as Hoichin (45) was slapped, kicked and butted by the AR personnel.
“She was in critical condition now”, he added,
Bruce Haopu also pointed out that apart from the woman other 4 male villagers including a VA member and a school teacher was also brutally assaulted by the AR jawans.
He also identified the other four injured persons as Monna (21), a school teacher; Paogin Kipgen (45), village authority member; Lalgoumang Singson (20) and Lalchungsang Singson (23) while adding that they all are also in critical condition.
All the innocent victims including those critically wounded persons in the AR inhumane tortured were administered local treatment in the village till now since it [the village] is unfortunately located in a non-motorable place around 50 km away from Jiribam, he added.
While strongly condemning the alleged brutality of the AR jawans, KSO-Jiri-Tamenglong demand befitting punishment of the guilty personnel within 48 hours and warns of intense agitation if the concerned authority fails to accomplish the demand.
In the meantime, Kuki Students’ Organization-GHQ also condemned the alleged assaulted of Leihaojang villagers by personnel of Assam Rifles in the strongly termed.
Seiboi Haokip, General Secretary, KSO-GHQ lamented that while the whole populace of the nation has been wholeheartedly engage in motivating empowerment of human rights the Assam Rifles in the state endlessly maintained violation of the same in every location.
“It become a matter of shame and infamy for the Assam Rifles in Manipur that exposing its [AR] scandalous violation of human rights has been tremendously increasing in the state”, asserted Seiboi Haokip while adding that the people of Manipur are now very much organized and prepared in confronting the atrocious manners of the Assam Rifles.
The KSO-GHQ also warn that it will endorse any movement of the KSO-Jiri-Tamenglong if their demand is not fulfilled by the concerned authority
