Nagaland killing results in fire
Around 14 civilians were killed due to mistaken identity by the security forces on Saturday. The anger of locals has grown to the next level and they are calling it a ‘black day for the people of Nagaland, the action is also condemned by the insurgent groups.
The incident that took place in the Mon district’s village called Oting in Nagaland seems to affect the Naga peace talks. The anger of the civilians can be seen due to the killing.
According to a security officer, the operation was not conducted by the Nagaland Police but by the Indian Army, so it is not the time where the Nagaland Police service can be held responsible for the actions, it was an operation which went extremely wrong and this may affect the longstanding narrative of India versus Naga people.
The incident will require people from the center to begin with the process of action towards the responsible. For a long time center has been trying to solve the equation of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), and was also successful in bringing down the opposed group on the negotiation table includes the groups led by Niki Sumi and Khango Konyak, they were once a part of the anti-talks unit of National Socialist Council of Nagaland, in which Niki Sumi also served as the commander and that is considered to influence in the districts of Nagaland which are bordering with Myanmar.
According to the sources, this is a chance for the NSCN, to push back against India and also to put pressure on the other groups to raise their voice.
Till now only NSCN – IM was the only group that was trying to block the Naga peace accord from getting it finalized, meanwhile the other parties of Naga National Political Groups and a few others wanted this deal to happen as soon as possible but now NSCN – IM have a chance to maintain pressure on them, but, according to the central government, if the situation is handled carefully, it may not have much impact.
for some time some groups will create noises but the majority of the groups know what they want so they will try to negotiate and negotiation will be done. For many years, in the conflict zones, violence did not take place but still, it is not shocking.
This incident gave them flashbacks of the earlier times, what people used to deal with and they were trying to forget that, as people still remember the operations that took place in the 50s and the 60s, and now this fresh incident which will be a spun again.
The National Socialist Council of Nagaland called it a black day and it was also termed as “unprecedented in recent history”. It also added that this killing is one of the most unfortunate incidents of the Indo-Naga ceasefire.
Indian Security forces will not be able to wash their hands off this mistake and this will create the difference between the Nagas and central. Even the angry villagers burnt the vehicles belonging to the security personals after the killing.
But apart from that the NNPG (Naga National Political Group), consists of 7 insurgents group based on Nagaland, who supports and wants peace and believes in the talk process and negotiation.
Due to the draconian law in Nagaland and the militaries, people from Nagaland believe that they are not and even in the future can be Indians. The actions of the military has belittled the promises made by the Home Minister and the Prime Minister and not the peace talks between India and Nagaland are over, now the government needs to give a talk through the peace process, everything will depend on that still they make try to make effort and try to approach and if the peace process would have been in the place the incident would never occur and the loss could have been saved.
edited and proofread by nikita sharma
