Kuki bodies condemn Sehao incident
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Kakching, May 15 2015 :
Kuki civil bodies of Chandel district vehemently condemned the Sehao village incident in which some armed cadres of KNLF brutally assaulted innocent villagers including the village chief and some labourers who were being engaged in construction of an Inter Village Road recently and blamed the Government for it.
In a joint press statement, Kuki Chiefs' Association (KCA) Chandel, Kuki Peoples' Forum (KPF) Chandel, Kuki Women for Human Rights (KWHR) Chandel, Kuki Students' Organisation (KSO) Chandel and Thadou Students' Association (TSA) Chandel said that the civil bodies vehemently condemn the unwanted Sehao incident.
The prevailing chaos in Khengjoy area and the suffering of innocent villagers are results of the highhandedness on the part of the State Government, it said.
The authorities should be held responsible for the unwanted incident, alleged the civil bodies.
The joint statement further stated that to avoid unwanted incident of kidnapping and torturing of innocent villagers, the Kuki bodies have appealed and submitted several memorandums to the authority of the Government time and again not to put up two rival armed outfits within the same region.
While sharing the pain and hardship faced by the people of Khengjoy area particularly the Sehao villagers, the Kuki bodies also appealed to the authority including the State Home Department and Ministry of Home Affairs to bring about a permanent solution to the problem at the earliest and to restore normalcy in the Khengjoy area so that the people of the area can settle peacefully.