Kohima: Special Investigation Team (sitting) was formed by the Government of Nagaland to investigate the murder of 14 civilians by security forces in Mon Regency on December 4 and 5 last year will submit a final report to the court after receiving forensic results, a senior said official said.
Nagaland Director General of Police Additional Police (Law and orders) Sandeep Tamgadge, the supervisor of the entire sitting, told reporters here on Thursday that 85 civilian personnel, including 31 Jawan soldiers involved in failed operations, had been examined and the team had visited the place several times.
“The exhibition, land and blood samples have been sent to the center forensic science laboratories in Guwahati and Hyderabad and their report is awaited.
As soon as we receive them, we will start preparing the final report to be submitted to the court,” he.
said.
The official said that once the final report was submitted to the court, everyone could access the findings but not before that because it would not be “legally suppressed”.
“We have worked against time to complete the probe, and we have reached so far.
But it will be difficult to say how long forensic laboratories take, but we have made a special request to them to speed up scientific analysis given the sensitivity of the case,” he said.
He said that six coal miners and seven other villagers were shot dead by a team consisting of 31 army personnel, led by majors and also consisted of two JCOs, in the Oting-Improvement on December 4, and other civilians were killed in another incident In it Mon Town on December 5, after the case of Suo Motu registered at the Tizit police station.
The state government was sitting on December 5 and transferred this case to the state crime police station in Kohima to complete an investigation in one month.
More members are coordied in sitting, which now consists of 21 officers, including four of the tribes of Konak owned by owned, and the Bamir Limasunep Police General Inspector (Range) is the main investigation officer (CIO).
Sitting was divided into eight teams, where four teams were assigned to examine witnesses and victims in three incidents, while each team was assigned to study the site and collect evidence, cyber technical analysis, document comparison, and coordination with various forensics.
“During this period, sitting had visited the site several times, and gathered a lot of material evidence including empty cartridges, and videos that were not manipulated.
Sitting researching 85 civilians including two people who survived treatment in Dibrugarh Assam, and other injured people were treated.
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In medical sites in dimapur and Monday, in addition to villagers from OTING and government officials, “he said.
The official said that Suda issued a notification to the army under the 91 CRPC section for collecting documents including the names involved in the operation, and thus 37 officers and the ranks of the Army and other Assam rifles, including 31 army jawans involved in the operation in the Oting area -Thiry, checked.
He said that security forces were cooperative by sitting.
The officer confirmed that the main motive of Sit was to conduct a professional investigation so that the evidence stands all opportunities in court.