Naga rights group decries intrusion by commandos
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network
Senapati, May 10 2012:
NPMHR-South sector said it is deeply concerned with the involvement of Manipur police commandos from Lamlai PS saying that the security personnel overstepped their jurisdiction and came to Chadong village to forcibly and illegally arrest individuals involved in an altercation that took place in the village on May 8 evening.
On Thursday, the Naga rights body said a confrontation in this regard broke out between the Manipur police commandos and some women from the village.
"When more villagers gathered, the commandos fled taking along with them one Benjamin Kashung who was not involved in the quarrel," the NPMHR-South sector said while adding, "It is not the first time that Manipur state forces have been used by party in disputes.
There have been instances of the AR, Manipur police commandos, and Manipur Police acting as referees and interfering in the functioning and administrative processes of the village in the past".
NPMHR appeals to the people of Chadong to maintain peace and not let some individuals with vested interests to further their own agenda and destroy the social fabric of the village.
Any dispute should be resolved at the village level as resorting to police forces will only worsen the situation, the rights body asserted.