\nYAA vice president B.John and press and information secretary Khiungmong, in a joint statement, maintained, that the 15 Assam Rifles could have averted tragedy if it had a genuine motive to maintain peaceful atmosphere in and around the vicinity.
\nThey said without ascertaining facts, the Assam Rifles intruded inside the peaceful zone only to unleash terror on t he basis of \u201chearsay or suspicion and which was a clear instance of high handedness and terrorism.
\nYAA cited reliable sources, to claim that the incident was never an encounter or retaliatory response but purely an ambush by the 15 AR patrol.YAA also said none of the underground cadres present in the site fired a single shot. It said the allegations levelled against the deceased cadres as a case of retaliatory action in self defence, \u201cwas fabricated statement\u201d in order to justify the acts of terror and also to gain support of readers.
\nIt said no law would ever legitimise the act of murdering humans and worst than human-animal relations after capture or arrest.
\nYAA said the bulled-riddled corpses were clear evidence that they were\u201d murdered several times, after the original murder.\u201d It also said that deceased neither attempted to escape nor intended to harm the Assam Rifles, since they were apprehended and unarmed at that point of time.
\nYAA said the action of the security forces was a clear violation of human rights as guaranteed by God and added, that the deceased were \u201ckilled in a sadistic and playful manner.\u201d YAA said when someone killed an animal for fun, he might have the liberty, without hesitation or compassion to inflict any wound on the prey, even if it lay dead.
\nYAA further said the AR\u2018s claim of being \u201c a mistaken encounter\u201d cannot justify the ghastly action and that it would be \u201cunbecoming\u201d if innocent and peace-loving personnel from various NPGs silently turn victims at the hands of Indian security forces.
\nYAA said writing in the newspapers or verbally claiming to be a mistaken identity might be easy but it would not bring back the deceased nor damage undone.
\nYAA accused the Assam Rifles of the \u201cdetesting trick\u201d of placing weapons either upon or near the corpses and said this was an insult to the departed souls.
\nIn fact, said YAA, the cadres were without arms when they were captured and it was like claiming that a dead man rose to obtain or snatch weapons after being actually killed.
\nYAA asserted, that the cease fire ground rules need to be respected but there could be no justification for the brutality of the AR in the incident since breach of the CFGR was not a mandate of the AR to go on rampant killing and disturbing the peaceful environment.
\nYAA reminded that it along with YTC have been assisting security agencies of the state and central governments in all ways and were called in to help whenever there was probable movement of anti-social elements or NPGs.
\nHowever, YAA said it did not know how many times would people in Nagaland would have to suffer under the pretext of NSCN(K). It reminded AR that students who were preparing for final examination and its actions have inflicted enough damage to the student community, who deserved a conducive environment for their examination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"