IT News
Imphal, Jan 14,
Youth’s Action Committee for Protection of Indigenous People (YACPIP) strong condemnation to the indiscriminate firing by the Tripura Police upon the peaceful Indigenous Youth protestors against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016. The action to fire upon the Indigenous Youths at Madhab Bari, West Tripura is considered as an action to suppress the voice of the Indigenous People solely planned and sponsored by the Government of India and Tripura.
“We learn that on the 8th of January, 2019 taking part in the region wide total shut down called by the NESO, some indigenous youths came out on the street and assembled peacefully adopting the non-violence approach of protest at Madhab Bari area. There were large number of police personnel deployed in the area to control from any unwanted happening during the peaceful protest. While the protestors have gathered on street of Madhab Bari area, two to three police van arrived in front of the area where the people have gathered and started firing indiscriminately toward the protestors on the street without giving any prior warning to disperse the gathering. No water cannons, batons nor any load speakers were used to warn the protestors instead the police personnel fired upon the civilians soon after they jumped down from the police van”, YACPIP statement said.
As per the information provided by the GB Hospital one boy namely Mr. Sumit Debbarma was hit by two bullets passing through his two lung and now in critical situation, Mr. Lalit Debbarma was also hit by two bullets on his chest and now in critical situation, Mr. Shakar Debbarma was hit by a bullet on his hips and bullet is still stuck inside the body, Mr. Pahar Debbarma and Mr. Ravi Debbarma was hit by bullets which passed through their legs. All five of them are still under observation at the GB Hospital, Agartala.
The YACPIP said that they received information that while aforementioned injured persons were transporting on the way to the Hospital at Agartala, some miscreants believed to be from Bengali community attacked the vehicle in which the victims were on board. In order to protect the injured persons, five more protestors were left injured by the attack of those miscreants and now admitted in Kherengbar Autonomous Council Hospital. All these incident took place right in front of the police who were deployed to control unwanted happening of such clash, however, police let loose the miscreants to attacked the injured persons and their team.
One of the media person who was capturing the whole incident was detained by the Superintendent of Police, West Tripura and have ceased the memory chip and mobile phone. Since the late evening on the same day the Internet service and SMS have been shut down in order not to let the information flow outside the state of Tripura.
Such an action of discriminating the Indigenous People cannot just be committed by a lay man person but an action fully backed and supported by the Government of Tripura and India to suppress the voice of the Indigenous People and our appeal is to stop immediately and judicial inquiry be initiated against those personnel involved and punish them according to the rule of law.
