NSCN (K) refutes Army’s claim of ‘high casualty’

NSCN (K) has refuted news reports in the national news channels that the army on Tuesday “avenged Manipur ambush” by launching a cross-border attack on camps of the joint rebel forces in Myanmar killing “nearly a dozen militants” who were reported to have been involved in June 4 ambush in Chandel district, Manipur.

Talking exclusively to Nagaland Post, a highly placed source in NSCN (K) rejected the reports as “completely false” and alleged that the entire reports were efforts by the Indian Army to “salvage their reputation”. The NSCN (K) functionary maintained that NSCN (K) camp was not attacked and that the group did not suffer any casualty.

According to the NSCN(K) source, while the Indian army claimed it launched attacks on the camps, all rank and file of the NSCN(K) were “peacefully paying” paying their respects at the funeral services of their comrades who died in the June 4 ambush incident.  Dismissing the casualties as “baseless”, the NSCN(K) source challenged the Army to display or come out with the dead bodies of cadres supposedly killed in the attack.

The NSCN (K) source said the areas shown on TV channels as camp locations were “nonexistent” in the border areas. “The topography shown on TVs are all nonexistent. We do not have a well maintained footpath or the pine garden that the Indian army was supposedly doing mock drill” said NSCN (K) source.
Further, the source said TV footage showing coastal areas with coconut tress was not consistent with the terrains of the border region. NSCN (K) said the party involved in June 4 attack on 6 Dogra regiment, returned safe and sound apart from the two whose funeral was held Tuesday.

Nagaland Post.