Extortion declines, theft highest this year, says Dimapur police

Our Reporter
Dimapur, June 6 (EMN): A total of 356 cases were registered and 309 persons arrested for crimes under IPC and Special and Local Law from January 1 to June 3 this year in Dimapur.

This was informed by Commissioner of Police, Dimapur, Rothihu Tetseo on Monday at a press conference held to update crime, law and order, and overall security scenario in Dimapur for the current year (half yearly).

The police officer said that the overall law and order situation in Dimapur has been peaceful and under control this year. He added that they “are putting extra enforcement to control extortion and illegal taxation activities” under the Dimapur Police Action Plan.

The Dimapur Traffic Police are undertaking extra enforcement to prevent accidents especially in the highway areas and also launched “Cares for you” initiative to improve road safety, he informed.

He went on to say that in compliance to state government recent order, all check gates including Chumoukedima inter-district Inner Line Permit (ILP) check gate have been closed down, except inter-state check gates namely: Dellai police check gate, New Field police gate and Khatkhati police check gate.

Dy. Commissioner of Police (Crime) Dimapur, Bharat Laxman Markad informed that theft accounted for highest number of crime reported this year, followed by NLTP act, extortion and NDPS Act.

Compared to last year over the same period, the number of extortion cases has decreased from 99 to 38 this year, he stated.

Under extortion and Arms Act cases, he said that a total of 58 cases were registered and 95 persons  arrested as on June 3, 2022; 27 arms of various calibres, 1130 rounds of ammunition, one hand grenade and cash amount of INR 2,19,180 seized. Out of the 58 cases, 18 were detected by the Assam Rifles and 40 by Nagaland Police, he added.

Under the NLTP and NDPS Act, 83 cases were registered and the number of persons arrested is 102; seizures include contraband ganja of up to 659.5 kg, 5 kg of crystal meth, one lakh banned tablets, 2 kg and 55 grams of brown sugar, 40361 banned capsules, 162 gram of heroines, and 71,929 bottles of IMFL of various brands.

He shared that cases under NLTP and NDPS Act was high due to special drive against narcotics and drugs carried out under the direction of police headquarters in Kohima. As far as traffic enforcement is concerned, we have issued 7500 challans this year, he informed. 

Two-wheeler theft a major challenge

The commissioner of police informed that in serious cases, seven persons have been detained under National Security Agency.

According to the crime data in Nagaland as on May 31, a total of 745 cases had been registered, out of which 348 were registered from Dimapur, including Chumoukedima and Niuland districts, he informed.

Tetseo also informed that two-wheeler theft cases continue to be the highest this year too under theft category.

Two-wheeler theft is a major challenge for the police, he said, adding that it is difficult to detect as many people use unregistered motorcycles and many are registered from outside the state.

Informing that there were no cases of “snatched away”, he appealed to the owners to be more careful while parking their vehicles. In the absence of co-operation from the victims, it is very difficult to carry out investigation as well, he added.

Replying to a question relation to ILP checking, he said that there is no more check gates and police are not supposed to stop any vehicle without the presence of enforcement and inspection team. As per the government order, policeman cannot stop and check any vehicle unless they have specific information and police have to follow it, he added.

Hit and run case still under probe

When asked about the progress of the recent hit and run case in Chumoukedima, where a student was killed, the police commissioner replied that the case is still under investigation. He updated that the police have some information now and identified the type of vehicle. ‘We are doing our best and have even taken up scientific investigation for this particular case, which we had not done before,’ he added.

He also appealed to the public to inform the police if they have any information that can help identify the vehicle and accused involved in the case. He said that they were not able to arrest the culprit as there is no direct eye-witness.

‘We had an extensive search and we have received footages from various stretches of roads, and they have been sent for forensic analysis,’ he updated.

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