New Delhi, July 22, 2013: The All India Tribal Students’ Association (AITSA) Delhi has expressed deep concern over the increasing incidents of atrocities committed by Army personnel stationed in Manipur.
“We have been hearing about several instances of racial slurs and atrocities by the Army, including personnel from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) posted at Imphal Airport. Such conduct feels more like subjugation than protection,” said AITSAD president and social activist Mr. K. Zou.
He emphasised that security personnel should act as protectors, not as invaders or enemies of the poor and innocent people living in remote areas of the country.
The way they treat elderly individuals, simple local people, women, and children while carrying out their duties does not align with the sentiments of the local population. “It appears that sepoys and lower-ranking Army officers are instructed to behave in the most aggressive manner by their commanders, who neither understand nor care about the feelings of the local people,” he added.
A recent newspaper report highlighted the intrusion of Army personnel into a police station in Jiribam, where they allegedly slapped the duty officer on 16 July 2013. Another report in Hueiyen Lanpao described the brutal treatment of Mr. Nailin Malangmei (54) of Satudai village, Khoupum Valley, by the 8th Gorkha Regiment on 14 July 2013, leaving injury marks on his buttocks and causing hearing loss.
K. Zou stated that such atrocities are likely to persist in the absence of local Army commanders in the state. He also noted that the Army consistently fails to show respect to the state’s civil authorities.
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