Imphal, June 4: The Revolutionary People’s Front has claimed that a special warfare team of its military wing the People’s Liberation Army was behind the attack on a road patrol party of 11th Assam Rifles in the afternoon of June 3 at Monjhang village while the paramilitary was travelling towards Khudengthabi.
A press release issued by assistant secretary publicity, RPF, stated that there were serious casualties on the side of the paramilitary.
The release accused the Indian army of causing the death of 8983 individuals in Manipur, out of which 1528 were in cases of fake encounters, committing rapes and masterminding forced disappearances under the ambit of AFSPA.
However, the release said, India is now caught at a place where it cannot run away from its involvement in human rights violation owing to international pressures at the United Nations and SAARC. India faced more castigation for imposition of AFSPA at the UN Human Rights Council in early May where it was forced to respond to questions on the reasons for continuing with the special law, the RPF asserted.