In September 2016, a sensitive situation reached the offices of Indian Army’s Eastern Command in Kolkata. One of its officers, Lt Colonel Dharamveer Singh of the Special Forces, alleged that a team of an army intelligence unit in Nagaland had committed fake encounters and dacoity against civilians in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland in 2010 and 2011.
Singh made the allegations in a confidential letter to Lt General Praveen Bakshi, the then General Officer Commanding in Chief of the Eastern Command. He additionally asked Bakshi to conduct a fresh investigation into the matter.
