Shillong, Jan 24: East Khasi Hills SP Vivek Syiem on Thursday referred to a recent allegation made by the proscribed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) that police are using its surrendered cadres as weapons as the outfit and its movement as untrue and outright false.
“It is not true at all. We have been fighting militancy on our own terms. Our own men have been fighting on the ground. We don’t need to use surrendered cadres. That is not true at all, that is outright false,” he told reporters.
In a statement issued on January 21, the HNLC general secretary-cum-publicity secretary Sainkupar Nongtraw had said the government’s actions during and after the peace talks with the HNLC demonstrate “bad faith diplomacy”.
“Summoning our leaders during negotiations was not a step toward peace but an act of coercion, proving they sought control, not dialogue. Now, targeting lower-ranking members is a deliberate attempt to intimidate and fragment our movement—a textbook example of the divide-and-rule strategy,” he had said.
“The state government, particularly the police department, uses these so-called surrendered HNLC members as weapons against the HNLC. These individuals, despite any crimes they may have committed against the public, are not charged with any cases and are allowed to work scot-free. This is because they are now fighting against the HNLC, making them tools of the state’s manipulative tactics to destabilize and weaken the movement,” Nongtraw had alleged.
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