Army Operation In Nagaland Went Wrong: Sources claimed that the secret operation was carried out with the apathy of the officers and Assam Rifles.
This para-military force plays a crucial function in fighting insurgencies within this region.
A counter-insurgency mission being carried out by an elite section that is part of India’s Para Special Forces in Nagaland was utterly disastrous on Saturday, which led to the death of 13 innocent people who were thought of as militants.
An Army jawan was also killed in the course of his life as the situation rapidly spiraled into chaos.
Sources told the AP that the operation was carried out without officers’ knowledge and the Assam Rifles.
This para-military force plays an essential function in fighting insurgencies within this region.
The Mon region is the home of the Naga Group NSCN(K) and the Assam’s ULFA (United Liberation Front for Asom) and the district that has an international boundary with Myanmar and the border of the state with Assam.
The region is known as unstable and sensitive.
According to sources, at around 4 pm on Saturday, an army unit headed by Majors and a Major spotted a pick-up truck on the road between Tiru and Oting as the target and then opened the fire.
The truck carried eight passengers on board, six of them died in the accident, while two others were killed on the way to the hospital. The theory is that those on the truck were coal miners in the area.
Sources claimed that no guns or ammunition were found in the truck.
Then the incident, hundreds of villagers -equipped with machetes and stones at the army Sources said.
The soldiers fired in self-defense, in which at least five people were killed and a few others were wounded. In addition, according to reports, several villagers were injured.
One commando died, and seven jawans were wounded in the bricks thrown by the locals.
Nagaland the Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio Neiphiu Rio, who was in Delhi and returned to the state and is set to convene a cabinet session according to sources from the government.
Police, top military and officials from the home ministry gather at the Nagaland capital Kohima today.
The Mon district restricted SMS and mobile internet services to stop the circulation of reports.
However, this evening, the scene became tense in Mon town, as protesters furious have gathered around an Assam the rifle camp.
Police sources claimed they broke into the base and attempted to torch part of it.
The Chief of the Cabinet Minister Rio Twittered this morning to announce that an investigation team of an exceptional nature will look into the issue and justice be served according to the country’s laws.
Mr. Rio will be in the area tomorrow to meet with the residents.
The Union minister for home Amit Shah has tweeted that he is “Anguished by the tragic incident that occurred in Nagaland’s Opting, Mon.
I extend my deepest sympathies to the family members of those who died. A high-level SIT formed by the state Govt will thoroughly investigate the incident to ensure justice for the grieving families.”
