CHANDEL, August 21: The mother of a man arrested by the 22 Assam Rifles from Kakching Lamkhai on charges of being a NSCN (K) cadre and his wife have today appealed for the safe release of the man identified as H Bojesh Monsang of Zaphou Village, Chandel district.
Addressing media persons in Chandel, the mother Ng Bonthung said her son H Bojesh Monsang is not an NSCN (K) cadre as stated by the PRO IGAR (s) in a release which was published in some local dailies on Friday.
She clarified that Bojesh had joined the NSCN (IM) in 2008 but was discharged from the outfit in 2010 on health ground. Since then, he (Bojesh) used to live with her at home and helped her to support the family as she was a widow, she claimed.
She further stated that Bojesh recently got married to JV. Shangmila in July 2015 and was pursuing computer classes in Imphal.
He was arrested on August 17 from Kakching Lamkhai while he was on the way to Jivan Hospital for a medical check-up of her wife, the mother claimed.
She said her innocent son was forced to admit his involvement under pressure to avoid physical pain and torture meted out to him in the course of interrogation, she alleged.