Longwa Students’ Union (LSU) has expressed deep pain and disappointment at the allotment of contract work to Ronika and Amos Ezung – the two accused in the ongoing child abuse case registered in October 2022 at Dimapur – by the Development Authority of Nagaland (DAN).
LSU president Jeilei Konyak and assistant general secretary Manom Taiwangshu in a press communiqué alleged that the duo had physically assaulted three innocent minors for months, causing them physical and mental harm. It was only when the parents and relatives of the minors had forcibly intervened that the dark story of the duo came to light.
In this regard, a case was registered against them and they were kept in police custody, before the district court released them on bail in December 2022. However, the case against them was still in the court and the next hearing was scheduled in July this year.
Despite this criminal charge against them, the LSU leaders lamented that the accused were allotted contract works for beautification of Dimapur city and build Acupressure Park in Super Market area.
“How can we the Naga people expect such people with cruel intentions to do something good for the community even if it is in the form of a development initiative? This is morally unacceptable,” the duo declared.
They demanded that the two accused should be under the close watch of the law enforcing authority and should not be entitled to such contract works until justice was delivered to the victims. They said the heinous act they meted out to the children could never be forgotten and demanded justice at all cost.
They appealed to DAN to withdraw the contract work allotted to the accused duo at the earliest.
They also appealed to the Naga people to continue rendering their support towards any move against the culprits, so that justice was served to the innocent victims at the earliest possible.
