Committee on Tribal Unity clarifies over scuffle among IRB trainees in Assam

The Committee on Tribal Unity, or the CoTU, Sadar Hills Kangpokpi District has clarified the alleged false accusation of Kuki-Zo IRB trainees’ involvement in the scuffle amongst IRB trainees in Assam on Saturday evening.

While expressing its dismay and shock over the alleged false accusation, COTU clarified that none of the Kuki-Zo IRB trainees were involved in the scuffle, rather the fight was between the Meitei and Tangkhul-Naga trainees.

The Kuki-Zo top body also vehemently condemned the false and misleading reports by some propagandist valley-based Meitei media houses and asked them to stop the unabated slanted reportage they repeated ad nauseum.

The Committee stated that they have investigated the matter and gathered information from insitu sources and found that the fight actually took place when some inebriated Meitei and Tangkhul trainees got into an argument.

It also stated that during the altercations, one Tangkhul trainee inflicted injury to one Meitei trainee on his head using a sharp object.

The committee further stated that the Kuki-Zo trainees and their camps were also affected as the scuffle swiftly engulfed the whole training camp.

It also alleged that the Meitei trainees simultaneously attacked the belongings of the camps where Kuki-Zo recruits were being housed.

The ruckus created by the aforementioned groups is extremely condemnable, as is the cowardly act of the Meitei recruits who attacked the innocent Kuki-Zo trainees who had nothing to do with the incident, it stated.

CoTU, like other sane parents and families of the trainees, only wants the IRB training to go smoothly, specifically without any threat to the lives of the Kuki-Zo recruits, it further added.

The committee also conveyed its anticipation that the training will take place peacefully and without any criminal activity.

CoTU asked the Assam Rifles personnel and other officers stationed at the camp to thoroughly investigate the matter and give befitting punishment to all involved in last night’s incident.

CoTU also warns the print and electronic media houses based in the valley to respect media ethics instead of resorting to cheesy and biased reporting