Soldiers of an elite Army unit injured two civilians in the Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh after mistaking them for extremists.
The incident at Chasa village on Friday night was reminiscent of a botched ambush by the Army’s 21 Paras that led to the death of 14 civilians in Nagaland’s Mon district on December 4 and 5, 2021.
Locals said the two persons — Nokphua Wangpan and Ramwang Wangsu — were returning from a river after fishing when the soldiers fired upon them. The soldiers were later identified as members of the 12 Paras.
