KILLINGS IN INDIA’S NAGALAND

30 soldiers charged

REUTERS, Guwahati

Police in India’s northeastern state of Nagaland said 30 army soldiers were charged for killing tribal labourers mistaken for militants during an anti-insurgency operation last year. Investigations revealed that the operation team had not followed the standard operating procedure and the rules of engagement. The police probe was launched after 13 members of the region’s predominantly Konyak tribe and one security trooper were killed in December last year after defence forces stationed in the border state mistook the group of labourers for militants entering from Myanmar and opened fire.