IMPHAL, Feb 5: The Assam Rifles has termed as fallacious the report that four women were hurt, including two who allegedly received bullet wounds, due to firing by AR personnel while trying to quell a mob in Moreh ward No. 4 recently.
In a press release, the IG AR (south) claimed that the report is absolutely false and baseless. Actually, the paramilitary received information about the presence of individuals who were trying to disrupt re-poll in Moreh. Acting on the above input, the team cordoned off the house after which suspected militants opened fire and fled towards the international boundary towards Myanmar. The paramilitary personnel also carried out controlled fire aimed at the fleeing suspects and keeping in mind the presence of the civilians in the vicinity, it stated. At no point of time firing was resorted to quell a mob and neither were any women injured with bullet wounds or otherwise during the incident. The veracity of the claims can be known from Moreh CHC where they were reported to have been admitted as per the reports.
Newmai News Network has conveyed its regret at carrying the story where it was mentioned that the women got injured in AR firing and clarified that the report was an inadvertent mistake.