Newmai News Network
Senapati | September 8
United Naga Council (UNC) has condemned the alleged abduction and torture of one Th Merangshing Charanga, “an innocent Naga villager” of Choktong village by People’s Defence Force (PDF).
The UNC said today that it was immensely disturbed regarding the abduction and “inhuman torture” inflicted upon one Th. Merangshing Charanga, “an innocent Naga villager” of Choktong village on September 1, 2025 by the People’s Defence Force (PDF).
The UNC said the fugitives who have been sheltered in Manipur along the Indo-Myanmar villages since November 2023 after the fall of Thanan in Myanmar’s Sagaing region have created unbearable hardships to the Naga villagers of the areas where they have been given temporary shelter.
“At stake is the survival of the down-trodden denizens triggering a series of adverse impacts on the livelihood, security and wellbeing of the native inhabitants”, the UNC also said.
The UNC said the third-degree torture and mental harassment inflicted continuously till his release on September 3, 2025 without any reason is condemned in strongest measure. “Unleashing a reign of terror under the very nose of the law enforcing agencies along the border areas and whose continued failure to respond effectively to all vices committed by the fugitives and PDF is highly questionable”, it also stated.
The UNC also condemned the abduction of the “innocent victim”, the use of physical and psychological torture to coerce the victim into admitting crimes and for extracting information. “We stand in solidarity with the victim and the family and call upon the government and its law enforcing agencies to take up swift action to apprehend the culprits and also appeal to civil society organisations to join us in condemning these heinous abuses”, it added.
The UNC said, “If the culprits are not booked at the earliest or justice is not delivered to the victim, the UNC will not remain a silent spectator and shall be compelled to take up fitting actions from our end”.
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