Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh Government has decided to transfer the Yumsen Matey murder case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for a detailed and comprehensive investigation and to bring the culprits involved in the gruesome murder to justice.
Subsequently, the Arunachal Pradesh Home Department has forwarded the case to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India on Thursday for appropriate direction to the National Investigation Agency in the matter, a senior Home Department officer said.
“The State Police has proposed to transfer the case No. Lazu PS FIR No. 10/2023 U/S 302/120B/506/34 IPC R/w Sec 25 (1B) (a) and Sec 27 of Arms Act 1959 and Sec 10/13 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 pertaining to death of late Yumsen Matey, ex-MLA, 56th Khonsa West Constituency of Tirap District, Arunachal Pradesh on 16/12/2023 to the National Investigation Agency for detailed and comprehensive investigation.
Therefore, the State Government has decided to transfer the said case to the National Investigation Agency in order to bring the culprits involved in this gruesome murder to justice,” Deputy Director (Home) Likha Sampu, govt of Arunachal Pradesh, said in a press note today.
He further informed that “the Home Department has forwarded the case to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India vide letter No. HOME-12037 (18)/1/2023 dated 21/12/2023 for appropriate direction to the National Investigation Agency in the matter.”
It may be mentioned that the former Khonsa West MLA Yumsen Matey was gunned down by unknown assailant(s) on December 16 at the bordering Raho village in Tirap district along the Indo-Myanmar border where he had gone for some personal work.
The shocking incident had evoked strong condemnation from across the state’s top political leadership.
The opposition Congress besides denouncing the ex-MLA’s killing had demanded a high-level probe into alleged repeated killings of leaders of Tirap district either by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or the National Investigation Agency (NIA). It had also urged the Centre to bring a permanent solution to the insurgency problem of the Tirap-Changlang-Longding (TCL) region.
Late Yumsem Matey, a politician from Lazu village in Tirap district and the first graduate from the Ollo community, served as a Member of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Khonsa West seat.
Elected as an MLA from the Indian National Congress in 2009, he held the post of Parliamentary Secretary for Women & Social Welfare, Social Justice and Tribal Affairs, and DoTCL (Department of Tirap, Changlang and Longding Affairs).
