THOUBAL, May 15: The Apex Kuki Civil bodies of Chandel District has vehemently condemned the incident of Sehao Village in which some armed cadres of KNLF brutally assaulted the innocent Villagers of Sehao including the Village Chief and labourers who were engaged in construction of Inter Village Road recently and blamed the Government for the incident.
In a joint press statement, the Kuki Chiefs`™ Association (KCA) Chandel, Kuki Peoples`™ Forum (KPF) Chandel, Kuki Women for Human Rights (KWHR) Chandel, Kuki Students`™ Organisation (KSO) Chandel and Thadou Students`™ Association (TSA) Chandel jointly said that the civil bodies vehemently condemned the unwanted incident of Sehao Village in which a particularly UG group brutally beaten up the Villagers of Sehao including its Village Chief and some labourers who were engaged in construction of PMGSY Road recently.
The present chaos and suffering of the people of Khengjoy area is a result of high handedness on the part of the Government. Therefore, the concern authority of the Government should held responsible for the unwanted incident, alleged the civil bodies.
The joint statement further stated that to avoid such unwanted incident of kidnapping and torturing of innocent villagers, the Kuki Civil Organisations of Chandel District have appealed and submitted several memoranda to the concern authority of Government in the past for not accommodating two warring armed outfits within the same region.
However, the concern authority of the Government accommodated a particular armed outfit near a designated camp of another despite of all the memoranda and appeals of the Civil Organisations, stated the joint statement.
While sharing the pain and hardship faced by the people of Khengjoy Area particularly the Sehao Villagers, the Civil bodies also appealed the concern authority including the State Home Department and Ministry of Home Affairs to bring permanent solution at the earliest and bring back normalcy in Khengjoy area so that the people of the area can settle peacefully.