NEW DELHI, 30 December 2021, (TON): The civil society groups in Nagaland's Mon district have claimed they have "doubts on the credibility" of the Army's Court of Inquiry instituted to probe the Nagaland firing incident and the killing of 14 youths.

The Konyak Union said in a press statement "the public at the ground zero had also recognized some faces who were directly involved in the December 4 Oting Yatong massacre incident. Instead of persecuting them, why are those culprits still safe and well protected? The act of bringing along the killers of the incident seems like an intention to hurt and aggravate those already in grief. The Konyak Civil Society Organisation doubts the credibility of the Indian Army inquiry team who had visited the ground zero.”

The Konyak Union, one of the most influential Naga civil society oganisations, demanded that those involved in the killing of the 14 Konyak youths must be punished immediately.

In a strongly-worded statement, it said that the central government must immediately "sanction order for the prosecution of those Indian Army officers involved in the killing of 14 innocent Konyak youths".

The statement said "the Konyak CSO also warned any move to distort the truth shall be considered as an act against the Konyak. Hence the onus lies on the government to prove whether the Konyaks are its citizens or not.”