: BJP district chief in Nagaland alleges security forces fired at him ‘despite party flag on car’ #IndiaNEWS A Bharatiya Janata Party leader in Nagaland has alleged that Indian Army personnel fired

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BJP district chief in Nagaland alleges security forces fired at him ‘despite party flag on car’ #IndiaNEWS
A Bharatiya Janata Party leader in Nagaland has alleged that Indian Army personnel fired at him and killed one of his companions on Saturday, while they were on the way to the area where the security forces had killed coal miners returning from work. On Saturday evening, soldiers ambushed a vehicle in Mon district, killing six workers returning to their village from a coal mine in a nearby forest. In a statement expressing regret for the “unfortunate loss of lives�, the Army said its personnel had launched the security operation based on “credible intelligence of likely movement of insurgents�. When he heard that six people from his village Oting had been killed by the armed forces, Nyawang Konyak, the president of the BJP’s Mon district unit, said he rushed towards the spot. There had been reports of retaliatory attacks on the Army by local residents and Konyak said he “wanted to go make peace�.The BJP leader was accompanied by his driver, his nephew and a neighbour. They stopped at a “rest camp� – a cluster of sheds and small shops catering to coal miners – to make enquiries. As they were speaking, Konyak said, soldiers charged at them and opened fire indiscriminately. “Khushi khushi maar raha...Read more

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