NSCN (IM) points finger at SF
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 20 2023:
The NSCN (IM) has accused the Indian security forces of scheming to drag the outfit into the ethnic clash which has been engulfing Manipur since the last three and a half months.
Issuing a second statement on the video viral case involving a private of the Naga Army H Khosiivei Lovingson that linked him to supplying arms to the Meiteis, the NSCN (IM) claimed that they have taken custody of the particular person after he was released by the Indian security forces.
It has been learnt that the person was released after paying him handsomely for making the wrong confession under duress to corrupt the communal integrity of the outfit, the NSCN (IM) alleged.
The outfit also claimed that the man in the viral video was caught by the security forces from Lamlong area on August 15 and taken to the Army camp located between Koirengei and Mantripukhri blindfolded.
Claiming that the person was then subjected to third degree torture and interrogated, the outfit alleged that the man was made to speak out exactly as he was told before the camera under duress.
The NSCN (IM) went on to claim that the person was also threatened with dire consequences if he refused to cooperate.
Claiming that everything that flowed from his (the man in viral video) mouth was done under duress and nothing of his own version, the outfit alleged that there certainly is a 'conspiracy group managed by powerful and sinister security forces to tarnish the image of the NSCN (IM)' .