HM Amit Shah shares details of Nagaland firing incident in LS

Dec 06, 2021

New Delhi, Dec 06 (ANI): Speaking on the Nagaland firing incident in which 13 civilians and a soldier were killed in Mon district, Home Minister Amit Shah on December 06 shared the details in the Lok Sabha. “Army had received info on movement of extremists near Tiru, Mon. On that basis, one unit of Army's 21 Para Commando laid an ambush in suspected area. A vehicle reached there, it was signalled to stop but it tried to flee. On suspicion of carrying extremists, it was fired upon,” said the Home Minister. “6 out of the 8 people in vehicle died. It was later found to be a case of mistaken identity. 2 others who were injured were taken to nearest health centre by the Army. After receiving news, local villagers surrounded the Army unit, set 2 vehicles on fire and attacked them. As a result, one jawan of the security forces died; many other jawans injured. Security forces had to resort to firing for self-defence and to disperse crowd. This caused death of 7 more civilians, some others injured”, added Home Minister Shah.