Itanagar/Dibrugarh, April 4 : Two civilians were shot at and injured by the Indian Army in Indian state Arunachal Pradesh state. The incident happened when the two villagers, identified as Nokphya Wangdan (28) and Ramwang Wangsu (23), were returning home after fishing in a river, were shot at and injured by the Indian army at Chasa village in Tirap district of the state.
The incident comes months after 14 civlians were shot dead by the Indian Army in a botched operation in neighbouring Nagaland's Mon district, around 150 km from Tirap. The incident, which happened on December 4-5, had triggered widespread protests, demanding the withdrawal of black law AFSPA.
The two injured villagers were sent to the Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) in Dibrugarh, the reports said.
"There was credible information about the movement of armed rebels and an ambush was laid by the Special Forces," an Indian Army official claimed.
A villager, who accompanied the injured people to the hospital, told reporters, "Both of them are orphans. Now, one's hand is injured and another's leg is wounded. The government will have to do something for them."
On March 21, two members of NSCN-IM were killed and one person injured in an military operation ner Old Kolagaon village, around 30 km from Khonsa -- the district headquarters of Tirap.
A day later, the NSCN said that of the two people killed, one was its office-bearer, while the other was a civilian.
The black law AFSPA empowers Indian forces with powers to arrest without warrants, search premises, and fire after warning.