ACAUT condemns July 16 killings

Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland has condemned the killing of two school children and injuring of one woman, from Wuzu village under Meluri Sub-division on July 16 by Assam Rifles in unprovoked firing. 
A press release by ACAUT Media Cell stated that the statement made by the Assam Rifles blaming the innocent public and NSCN (K) both for the mayhem was unacceptable since eyewitness accounts and reports by various organizations clearly stated that there was no provocation from the public or the NSCN (K).
ACAUT said when the villagers had only peacefully gathered to request the commanding officer Major Surinder Singh to hand over of the dead body of the NSCN (K) cadre to the villagers for burial, it was “sheer cowardice” that the Assam Rifles should have fired, whether pre-mediated or in panic, thereby, painfully costing the lives of innocent children.
ACAUT further said that when the whole Naga society was in uproar over the episode, the army could have humanely dealt with the issue instead of squarely blaming the villagers and NSCN (K) for the killings but deepening the emotional wounds further.