Chumukedima Town Youth Organisation, Chumukedima Town Student Union, Chumukedima Town Mothers Association and Chumukedima Town Head Gaon Bura have condemned the action of the police in Chumukedima on October 17.
In a joint statement, members of CTYO Vibu Medoze; CTSU Hovise Naleo; CTMA Dievilhoutuono and head GB Kelenguzo Kuotsu alleged that the police arrested some of its leaders and lathi-charged the youths without any reason and injured the public.
The organizations cautioned they would not remain mere spectators and watch the public being beaten up.
In an oblique reference to the alleged kingpins, they said “when the non-Nagas are robbing us in daylight, why are the police personnel defending the non-Nagas and fighting against us?
The organizations also questioned the police action for allegedly “raiding into private resident and beating up the public, shelling tear gases even in front of Chumukedima head G.B. and affecting the elderly and school children inside their classroom.”
Accusing the police of pelting stones blindly at the public, the bodies said that the “stones entered classrooms, creating fear among school children, forcing public to enter school compound for shelter and disturbing and creating much confusion in school, harassing and insulting minors”.
The organizations also alleged that some police personnel were on duty under the influence of alcohol and crossing beyond limit. In this regard, the organizations questioned police as to why the public were lathi-charged when they were holding a peaceful bandh fighting for our rights? They reminded that the police should be controlling the law and order situation, rather than instilling violence.
CCTA: Expressing grief at the injury allegedly inflicted by police on some of its volunteers during the bandh called by CCoFA, the Chumoukedima Chambers of Commerce and Trade Association (CCCTA) on Wednesday asked whether the fuel adulteration was a legal business and public agitation against the scam and corruption was illegal.
In a press release, CCCTA president, Avi Chase, and general secretary, James Kin, questioned “are we living in a democratic country or under a dictatorship.”
They said if the police action was to disperse the crowd to avoid the situation from escalation then did it necessitate seven to eight policemen to surround a volunteer and thrash him with lathi and kick him continuously 3-4 minutes. “Is this act not so inhuman, barbaric, total brutality and amount to attempt to murder?” the signatories asked.
Further, CCCTA alleged that the police officer not only failed to control his jawans “from going beyond limitation”, but also let free his jawans to fire tear gas into a school, creating havoc which nearly led to “tamping incident”, where a class-V boy suffered injury.
The association condemned the “inhuman act” and demanded that the concerned officer be terminated from service before he could “commit more blunders and inflict chaos, painting sour colour to Dimapur police department.”
It also asked if detention of nine CCoFA leaders and volunteers hospitalised were done as precautionary measure, adding if it was so then the bond signed (PR bond) should be “automatically nullified” in order to avoid “continued mental harassment.”
Meanwhile, CCCTA has thanked all individuals and organisations who supported in the fight against corruption.
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