Repeal AFSPA, apologise for Mon killings: Nagaland Assembly
The Hindu
60-member House adopts a five-point resolution at a day-long special session
The Nagaland Assembly has demanded the repeal of the contentious Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from the State and elsewhere in the northeast and an apology from the “appropriate authority” for the botched Army operation that led to the death of 14 civilians in Mon district’s Oting a fortnight ago.
The demands were among five resolutions the 60-member House adopted at a day-long special session on Monday. Among the other resolutions was strengthening the ongoing efforts to find a peaceful solution to the protracted “Naga political issue”.
The Assembly condemned the massacre of 13 people by the “21 Para Special Forces” on December 4 and the killing of another person by the security forces in the district headquarters Mon the next day. At least 35 people were injured in the two incidents.