HMAR STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
General Headquarters
PRESS RELEASE
November 14, 2008
The Hmar Students’ Association (HSA), General Headquarters, strongly condemns the inhumane act perpetuated by Mizoram IRB personnel posted at Saipum, Mizoram on 12th November 2008. The IRB personnel, in the aforementioned date, chased and brutally tortured the Secretary of HSA, Saipum Unit – Mr. Lalthanpuia, S/o Sapchhuana of Saipum Village, Mizoram.
The IRB personnel, in full defiance to their service and code of ethics carried out their drastic act on their victim without any sane consideration. Also, when the Saipum villagers tried to intervene to help the victim, the IRB personnel threatened the villagers with their half-cocked service weapons to shoot any who dare intervene to help their fellow villager and student leader. The victim, who was seriously injured as the result of the IRB’s brutality, is now lodged at the Vairengte Public Health Centre, Mizoram. The personnel’s insane act is a direct insult to the Hmar people of Mizoram. Their act should be condemned by all.
In the larger interest of the people of Mizoram, the Hmar Students’ Association (HSA) demands that:
* A Judicial Inquiry Commission headed by a sitting High Court Judge be established to look into the incident and the report be submitted and published to the general public.
* The personnel involved in the drastic act be booked and terminated from their service with immediate effect.
* The Government of Mizoram bears all the responsibility and expenses of the victim and compensates him with not less than Rs. 1 lakh.
If our demands are not met, the HSA will be compelled to launch serious agitation, which it believe, would be unfavourable for the forthcoming Assembly Elections in Mizoram. We also request civil society bodies in Mizoram to condemn such acts of brutality and also do their best to ensure that the victim gets his due justice.
Sincerely,
(LALTHLAMUANA HMAR)
General Secretary
Hmar Students Association
General Headquarters
General Headquarters
PRESS RELEASE
November 14, 2008
The Hmar Students’ Association (HSA), General Headquarters, strongly condemns the inhumane act perpetuated by Mizoram IRB personnel posted at Saipum, Mizoram on 12th November 2008. The IRB personnel, in the aforementioned date, chased and brutally tortured the Secretary of HSA, Saipum Unit – Mr. Lalthanpuia, S/o Sapchhuana of Saipum Village, Mizoram.
The IRB personnel, in full defiance to their service and code of ethics carried out their drastic act on their victim without any sane consideration. Also, when the Saipum villagers tried to intervene to help the victim, the IRB personnel threatened the villagers with their half-cocked service weapons to shoot any who dare intervene to help their fellow villager and student leader. The victim, who was seriously injured as the result of the IRB’s brutality, is now lodged at the Vairengte Public Health Centre, Mizoram. The personnel’s insane act is a direct insult to the Hmar people of Mizoram. Their act should be condemned by all.
In the larger interest of the people of Mizoram, the Hmar Students’ Association (HSA) demands that:
* A Judicial Inquiry Commission headed by a sitting High Court Judge be established to look into the incident and the report be submitted and published to the general public.
* The personnel involved in the drastic act be booked and terminated from their service with immediate effect.
* The Government of Mizoram bears all the responsibility and expenses of the victim and compensates him with not less than Rs. 1 lakh.
If our demands are not met, the HSA will be compelled to launch serious agitation, which it believe, would be unfavourable for the forthcoming Assembly Elections in Mizoram. We also request civil society bodies in Mizoram to condemn such acts of brutality and also do their best to ensure that the victim gets his due justice.
Sincerely,
(LALTHLAMUANA HMAR)
General Secretary
Hmar Students Association
General Headquarters
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