15th Jun 2017 10:06:PM State
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APCC condemns ‘procedural lapse’

Agencies

ITANAGAR, Jun 15:  A 35-year-old man was shot dead late last night in Arunachal Pradesh bordering Myanmar by Army, which has called it a case of "mistaken identity".  

Thingtu Ngemu was shot dead while the troopers of 21 Para (Special Forces) were carrying out a counter insurgency operation in the state's Changlang district bordering Myanmar late on Wednesday night.

"The Army troops had laid an ambush in this particular area based on hard intelligence with regards to movement of a group of hardcore terrorists. It was during this time the individual who has got killed, came into the ambush and on being challenged he made very suspicious movements and rushed towards the ambush party, which forced them to open controlled fire resulting in the individual suffering fatal injury. It is a case of mistaken identity," the army said in a statement issued today.

Counter insurgency operations have been intensified in the area since it is a transit route for both Ulfa (I) and NSCN-K terrorists.

APCC condemns ‘procedural lapse’

ITANAGAR: The Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee while vehemently condemning the killing outrightly blamed the State Government especially the Ministry of Home Affairs for having failed in all fronts to contain the prevailing law and order problem and demanded the government to pay ex-gratia to the tune of Rupees Five Crores and to provide governmental job to the family member of the deceased.

 ‘A citizen, that too an innocent villager cannot be murdered by army 'mistakenly'. This is beyond the ethic of a disciplined Indian army..Arunachal should not be equated with Jammu & Kashmir. Such provocation by army is uncalled for and demeans the hard earned image of the Indian army,’ the APCC said in a release while terming it a procedural lapse on the Army’s part.

 


Kenter Joya Riba

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