Instead of neutralising the source of aggression, some security personnel allegedly discharged live ammunition toward Naga civilians undertaking community defence of their homes.
The “old Kukis” who were brought in during the colonial period have, in many villages, been accommodated peacefully by Naga and Meitei communities for generations.
Tangkhul side had exercised restraint and ensured that village volunteers did not engage in firing, adding that “not a single bullet” had been fired from their side during that period.