AR personals injured in Nagaland due to over-vigilance after civilian casualties: Officials

MUMBAI: After last year’s incident in Nagaland in which 13 civilians were killed, an extra-vigilant attitude by security forces may have left AR jawan injured a gunfight with freedom fighters there on Monday, a senior official said. The official said.

Two AR jawan injured of the Assam Rifles in an armed encounter with NSCN-K (Young Aung) freedom fighters in Mon district of Nagaland early on Monday.

The official told PTI on the condition of anonymity that under normal circumstances, no movement is allowed in the border areas at night, when there is an additional security threat like Independence Day and Republic Day.

However, with the backdrop of the December 2021 Nagaland incident, security forces had to be extra careful not to fire on innocent civilians, the official said.

Consequently, in today’s incident, the militants took the initiative and opened fire first causing casualties to the security forces, the official added.
On December 4, 2021, thirteen civilians were killed in an ambush for militants in the Oting-Tiru area of ​​Nagaland’s Mon district as a result of mistaken identity.

The Nagaland Police has charge-sheeted at least 30 members of 21 para-special forces, including an officer of the rank of Major, in the incident.