• Jawans did not follow SOP, fired inordinately, says cops in Nagaland Ambush Incident

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    Jawans did not follow SOP, fired inordinately, says cops in Nagaland Ambush Incident
     "We have registered five cases in this regard. The investigation is underway," Longkumer stated while addressing a press conference.

    color:#0E101A">Digital Desk: The Nagaland
    Police on Saturday said army personnel had not followed the standard operating
    procedure (SOP) and rules of engagement during its botched anti-insurgency
    operation in Mon district in December last year, leading to the death of at
    least 12 civilians.
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    Amid a massive uproar over the killings in the Oting area of Mon
    district, the Army had started a Court of Inquiry (CoI). In contrast, the state
    government had set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident.
     
    Nagaland's director general of police (DGP) TJ Longkumer said an
    investigation by the state police revealed disproportionate firing by a team of
    the 21 Para Special Forces led to the immediate killing of villagers.
     
    "We have registered five cases in this regard. The
    investigation is underway," Longkumer stated while addressing a press
    conference.
     
    Last month, the Indian Army's Eastern Command chief informed
    that the force had completed the Court of Inquiry that found "it was a
    case of mistaken identity and error of judgment."
     
    color:#0E101A">On December 4 last year, six coal miners returning from work
    were killed in a mishandles ambush by the security forces at Oting, while seven
    others were shot down when villagers, angry after discovering the
    bullet-riddled bodies of the labourers on an Army truck,     grappled
    with the
    soldiers.
     
    One security personnel was also killed in the rumpus. Another
    civilian was attacked and killed when a crowd attacked an Assam Rifles camp at
    Mon town the next day.
     
    Soon after, protests augmented over the Armed Forces (Special
    Powers) Act (AFSPA), which has been in force in the northeastern state for
    decades and gives immunity to soldiers. As a result, the Act was withdrawn from
    15 police station areas in seven districts in Nagaland from April     1.

     































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