KWOHR Sadar Hills condemns 35 AR
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Kangpokpi, April 29 2015 : Kuki Women Organization for Human Rights (KWOHR), Sadar Hills has condemned the alleged hostility of 35 Assam Rifles (AR) towards the people of Twilong Kun area in the strongest term.

Hahat Touthang, President KWOHR Sadar Hills alleged that personnel of 35 Assam Rifles, D-Coy, Hengbung post under the command of Maj Golapi apprehended four innocent civilians identified as Kamboi, s/o Lamkhochon of J Songtun; Jangkholal, s/o Ngamkholam of Hengbung; Haokhohen, s/o Lamkhohao of Hengbung and Haogin, s/o Paokhoseh of Hengbung at Hengbung village on Tuesday at around 6 pm without any arrest memo and immediately took them away to Lairouching HQ.

On learning about the incident, women folk spearheaded by KWOHR and Kuki Women Union (KWU) Sadar Hills approached 35 AR Hengbung post when AR personnel on duty at the main gate threw water on the women, alleged Hahat Touthang.

She said that despite repeated pleas, AR personnel detained the women folk up to 2 am in the morning stating that the post commander was out of station. In the morning, it was learnt that Maj Golapi who is responsible for the arrest remained station at Lairouching and one AR officer identified as Lt Col LT Shekhawat came to Hengbung AR post to meet the women, informed Hahat while adding that the AR officer failed to produced the arrest memo that time.

Later, Additional SP of Senapati PS along with an IO who came to the AR post Hengbung and was asked to write that the four apprehended persons were arrested only on suspicious ground without any illegal items in their possession in the FIR report by the AR officer and told them to sign on the report.

The police officer flatly refused the instruction of AR officer stating that those apprehended were not arrested by the police, she further alleged.

Later in the evening, another FIR report was filed at Senapati police station stating that the four apprehended persons were arrested along with 40 KG of Ganja, one AK-47 rifles with live ammunitions and one country made rifles with three live rounds.

While categorically denying the content of the FIR report of the AR personnel, the women leader said that the AR personnel found nothing in the possession when they arrested them and the same was confirmed by the Lt Col in his earlier statement before the Additional SP Senapati and the Investigation Officer.

KWOHR and KWU Sadar Hills including it units warned the AR to stop indulging in such ways in the area or else face the ire of the public.

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