SHILLONG, JAN 8: A day after the police and ANVC(B) at the latter’s camp in Tura that injured two policeman, the ANVC(B) claimed that its cadres open fire in defence and not with an intention of being offensive.
ANVC(B) leader Doang Shira on Wednesday alleged that this not the first time the police tried to enter the camp and the outfit did not do anything to provoke the police.
According to Shira, the ANVC(B) has to be cautious and take precautions as the leaders were in the camp on January 7 which was a dateline for all its cadres to report to the camp
Shira in a press statement said,“ The camp was welcoming cadres and listing the absconding cadres when we got report of police vehicles full of SWATs and CRPFs parked outside the camp and after sometime a black gypsy ML 05G 7602 with no number plate at the back tried to enter the camp with men in civil dresses.”
Shira continued by saying that the men in civic claimed to be police but the outfit was not sure as they were not ready to produce any documents and, therefore, raised suspicions that they were rivals in the guise of police who entered the camp.
Shira further claimed that as arguments took place between the men in civic and the ANVC(B), the men on the back sitting on the gypsy took out automatic guns and pointed at the cadres. This, he said, provoked the cadres to also pointed their weapons back at them and someone burst a firecracker from behind.
Shira said that the policemen started fleeing and hurt themselves and later blamed the ANVC(B) of firing without any provocation. He said the outfit was only being defensive, but police came to kill and destroy the camp.
Shira said the ANVC (B) had no intention to attack any policeman but the provocation from the police side was making the cadres insecure after the disappearances of their colleagues
Shira said that the outfit has now decided to go back to the jungle as it is the only place after the ANVC (B) home was destroyed by police. He said, “We did not plan any attack, if we did then those policemen would not have survived.” –By Our Reporter
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