India has denied permission to prosecute 30 troopers allegedly involved in a botched counter-insurgency operation in the northeastern state of Nagaland in which 14 young men were killed.

The troopers of the Indian army were named in a charge sheet filed by the Special Investigation Team of police that investigated the firing incident in Nagaland's Mon district.

On Dec. 4, 2021, six local coal miners in the state's Mon district were killed by Indian army troopers.