HM Amit Shah shares details of Nagaland firing incident in LS
- 2 years ago
Speaking on the Nagaland firing incident in which 13 civilians and a soldier were killed in Mon district, Home Minister Amit Shah on December 06 shared the details in the Lok Sabha.
“Army had received info on the movement of extremists near Tiru, Mon. On that basis, one unit of Army's 21 Para Commando laid an ambush in the suspected area. A vehicle reached there, it was signalled to stop but it tried to flee. On suspicion of carrying extremists, it was fired upon,” said the Home Minister.
“6 out of the 8 people in vehicle died. It was later found to be a case of mistaken identity. 2 others who were injured were taken to the nearest health centre by the Army. After receiving news, local villagers surrounded the Army unit, set 2 vehicles on fire and attacked them. As a result, one jawan of the security forces died; many other jawans were injured. Security forces had to resort to firing for self-defence and to disperse the crowd. This caused the death of 7 more civilians, some others injured”, added Home Minister Shah.
“Army had received info on the movement of extremists near Tiru, Mon. On that basis, one unit of Army's 21 Para Commando laid an ambush in the suspected area. A vehicle reached there, it was signalled to stop but it tried to flee. On suspicion of carrying extremists, it was fired upon,” said the Home Minister.
“6 out of the 8 people in vehicle died. It was later found to be a case of mistaken identity. 2 others who were injured were taken to the nearest health centre by the Army. After receiving news, local villagers surrounded the Army unit, set 2 vehicles on fire and attacked them. As a result, one jawan of the security forces died; many other jawans were injured. Security forces had to resort to firing for self-defence and to disperse the crowd. This caused the death of 7 more civilians, some others injured”, added Home Minister Shah.