Assault of 4 girls : ANSAM, CNPO condemn
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Senapati, May 26 2023:
The All Naga Students' Association, Manipur (ANSAM) has strongly condemned the Kwakeithel Bazar incident of May 24 where four "innocent Naga women were attacked by an unruly mob" .
The ANSAM said today that the four Naga women were on their way to the Imphal airport when the incident happened.
According to the ANSAM, the incident occurred in "broad daylight where an auto-rickshaw carrying the four women was halted and the women were attacked, caught hold of their hair and forcibly dragged down from the auto-rickshaw, struck with an iron-rod, and their shirts torn and their luggages damaged despite repeated pleas of their identities as Tangkhul Nagas" .
The ANSAM placed on record that the Naga civil society organizations are constantly appealing for restoration of peace and normalcy in the State and such inhuman acts will only aggravate the situation.
"Therefore, such acts should be stopped immediately for peaceful co-existence", it added.
While condemning the "barbaric act and high handedness" of those individuals involved, the ANSAM also expressed its anger on the "irresponsible officer" AK Jhalajit Singh, IPS, who is in-charge of 'central control room' of 1st Manipur Rifles Banquet Hall, Imphal, for circulating a press note categorizing the incident as --"it is absolutely false and there is no incident as such" .
The ANSAM then urged the authorities concerned to look into the incident immediately on priority to bring justice and also for the officers to carry out their duty diligently and more responsibly.
The Chandel Naga People's Organisation (CNPO), the Naga Students' Union, Chandel (NSUC) and the Naga Chiefs' Association, Chandel (NCAC) have also "vehemently condemned the inhuman and barbaric act of assaulting four Tangkhul Naga women.
The three organizations said they are deeply anguished by the violent incident.
They demanded the authorities concerned to take necessary actions against the perpetrators at the earliest.
For circulating the particular press note, they demanded a public apology from AK Jhalajit for his alleged irresponsible act at the earliest.
The Chandel bodies further demanded that the Government should remove AK Jhalajit Singh from the present assignment in order to avoid further goof-up and misunderstanding among the people in the "restive State" .
The three Chandel organizations then demanded that the Government should book all the perpetrators involved in attacking the four Naga women at Kwakeithel and award them befitting punishment at the earliest.