Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Dec 6: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday told parliament that the Nagaland firing incident was of the mistaken identity as army had received information on the movement of extremists in Oting.
He also said in the Lok Sabha that the government of India expresses deep regret over the unfortunate incident and also expresses deep sympathies to the bereaved families.
“ Army had received info on movement of extremists near Tiru, Mon. On that basis, one unit of Army’s 21 Para Commando laid an ambush in 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 Amit Shah in Lok Sabha.
“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 nearest health center by Army. After receiving news of this, local villagers surrounded the Army unit, set 2 vehicles on fire & attacked them,” he added.
After the incident, on Dec 5 evening, an agitated crowd of around 250 people vandalised the company operating base (COB) of Assam Rifles in Mon city & set the COB building on fire. Assam Rifles had to fire bullets to disperse the crowd. This caused death of one more civilian: HM pic.twitter.com/flP1XPEMUk
— ANI (@ANI) December 6, 2021
“Army has initiated a probe into this incident at the highest level. Action will be taken as per the law,” said Union Home Minister in Rajya Sabha.
Earlier, in the morning Prime Minister Narendra Modi also held a meeting with top ministers in the parliament over the Nagaland firing incident.
