Tag: Nagaland Firing

The inquiry team, headed by a senior rank officer, a Major General, inspected the site to understand the circumstances in which the incident could have happened, he said, and added the team also took along the witnesses for better understanding of the situation and to ascertain how events would have unfolded.

The officials said the victims were all unarmed civilians working in coal mines.

A mob of over-250 people attacked Assam Rifles' headquarters in Mon district, the force had to open fire to disperse the crowd, the Minister said while informing that one person was killed in the firing and one more was injured.

At least two more persons were killed, as security forces fired back at attackers, according to the union members, but the police maintained that one person died in the incident.

Leader of the House Piyush Goyal also said the matter is serious. "The government is seized of the matter. The government will make a detailed statement on this issue," he said.

At least 14 civilians and one soldier were killed in firing by security forces in a botched anti-insurgency operation and retaliatory violence within 24 hours in Mon district of the state, as per police.

Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio will be visiting Mon on Monday morning accompanied by his cabinet colleagues and senior government officers to take an on the spot assessment of the situation and pay respect to the deceased, he said.

The initial report states that the security forces acting on a tip off, had planned an ambush on the Tiru-Oting road, but mistook the villagers to be insurgents.

Army officials said the operation in Mon district that borders Myanmar was carried out based on credible intelligence inputs about the likely movement of insurgents in the area.

The incident took place between Oting and Tiru villages when some daily-wage labourers were returning home in a pick-up van from a coal mine on Saturday evening, the police officer said.