According to the Zeliangrong organisation, it deeply deplores the arrogant behaviour of the 27 AR troops that raided the NSCN-K camp at Rengkekiulong village under Tousem sub-division of Tamenglong district, Manipur around 5 am on September 20. The acts of 27 AR created fear, physical harassment, tensions, and disturbances to the innocent public of the villagers, it added.
"The Assam Rifles and other security forces should respect the Indo-Naga Ceasefire Agreement of 2001 that was signed between the Government of India and NSCN-K. With full knowledge of the Ceasefire Agreement, the Assam Rifles crosses its limit and ransacked the designated camp of NSCN-K that led to unnecessary physical harassments, tortured and threatened the peaceful atmosphere of the surrounding areas," the ZB-M said. According to the ZB-M, though AR troops may think their actions are to maintain peace and harmony in the country but it has been created lots of problems and trust deficit with the civilian populace prevail. "The security forces high-handed actions of so called counter-insurgency policy have been brought counter-productive of breeding the anti-national groups. In order to escape from mental harassment and tortured by security forces, the semi-literates, and unemployed youths are forced to join into the anti-social organizations," the Zeliangrong Baudi, Manipur said.
According to ZB, Manipur, it was learned that NSCN-K cadres were not active and no sign of moving around with arms to threaten the people of Tousem sub-division of Tamenglong district, Manipur but the AR troops break all ground rules of Ceasefire Agreement and attacked the NSCN-K’s camp surprisingly. The security forces are expecting a pat on the shoulder from the Government of India, but their services are unaccounted and properly not recognized, this is how the grievances and the welfare of the armed forces in India are not fully addressed and the status of the security personnel are sideline in the society. The ZB-M recalled that after the Ceasefire Agreement between the Government of India and NSCN-K was signed in 2001, peaceful atmosphere has prevailed in Zeliangrong and Naga inhabited areas. The people expect and hope that the current talks between the Government of India and Naga groups will bring about a permanent peaceful solution to the protracted Naga issue, it added.
The ZB-M then said witnessing the arrogant acts of security forces, the civil society and Zeliangrong people feel apprehensive that the Ceasefire truce may break again as before and return the gross violation of human rights, bloodshed, violence and militarization in Zeliangrong’s land. "The Zeliangrong Baudi, Manipur and its frontal organizations are forced to term the acts of 27 Assam Rifles as provocative, unnecessarily creating tensions and violation of human rights. We urge the Government of India and its security forces to respect the human rights of the people by suspending unnecessary operation in our inhabited areas. If the security forces continue to harass and create unnecessary disturbances, we will not be mere spectators. We will be forced to take necessary democratic agitation against the security forces," Zeliangrong Baudi, Manipur warned.
Source: Morung Express
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