A press release issued by PRO IGAR South said, the article apart from being ‘ex-parte’ and lacking any objectivity is outrightly baseless, defamatory and apparently aimed at spreading hatred against the Assam Rifles as also incite animosity between the communities.

In these trying times in Manipur nothing could be more important than the need to comply with journalistic ethics and airing stories with facts sans fabricated sweeping allegations, it added.