ZYF decries Army excesses
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 19 2013:
Zeliangrong Youth Front (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland) has condemned the alleged excessive actions of the Army posted at Lamdangmei village in connection with illegal detention, harassment and tortured meted out to two innocent civilians namely Tanthailung Malangmei(25yrs) s/o Gaijanglung and Phungangam Malangmei(26yrs) s/o Meihonchung Malangmei of Bitiang (Laphok) village under Longmai (Noney) Police Station jurisdiction.
In a statement, Subash Kamei, General Secretary, ZYF (AMN), said that the two innocent civilians were abducted at about 6.30 pm on their way back home after attending a thanks giving programme on 31th August, 2013 at Longmai Town Baptist Church.
They were released only on 2nd September, 2013 at around 10 am.
They were detained without informing or reporting or filing FIR to the nearest police station as per laws.
The family members came to know about their detention only when their parents went down to Longmai (Noney) and enquired about their whereabouts.
The two civilians were rendered electric shocked, severely beaten up after tied and hung them upside down.
The army took the two innocent civilians to their camp unit hospital located at Longmai (Noney) and gave them medical treatment following complaint of pain on their body and feet.
The army strictly warned not to disclose or divulge the incident to any body as such the two innocent civilians fearing for their safety and security concealed the matter for the last many days.
The army illegal detention of the two innocent civilians is clear and evident case of lack of coordination and cooperation between army and police station which compelled the innocent civilians to go through such unnecessary, unbearable and intolerable episode at the hands of army who are supposedly to protect the lives of the citizens, the statement added.