Dimapur, April 12 (MExN): The Nagaland unit of the Indian Dental Association (INA) and the Nagaland Secretariat Services Association have denounced the April 8 attempt to rob and intimidate an officer of the Directorate of Health & Family Welfare by unidentified gunmen. Separate notes denouncing the crime was received here from the dentists and the civil employees.
“The association is pained to state that such extreme form of harassment by anti-social elements have to be borne by the doctors time and again who are committed to provide health care deliveries to our people,” the dentists stated. The IDA appeals to all right-thinking citizens and civil society to condemn the act. Anti-social elements should not be ‘allowed to freely rob’ the people ‘at their will’, the IDA stated. The state government is also urged to arrest the culprits and ‘bring them to justice without delay.’
“We extend our fullest support and stand with the decision of the officers and staffs of the department of Health & family Welfare for any form of future course of action on the action,” the IDA added.
In addition, the Nagaland Secretariat Services Association expressed pain at the incident. “Such incidents should not have any place in our society especially at this juncture when all the people are yearning for a peaceful co-existence. The NSSA condemn such acts of threat to life and express our solidarity with the officers and staff of the directorate of Health & family Welfare in their resolve t fight for justice,” The association added.
“The association is pained to state that such extreme form of harassment by anti-social elements have to be borne by the doctors time and again who are committed to provide health care deliveries to our people,” the dentists stated. The IDA appeals to all right-thinking citizens and civil society to condemn the act. Anti-social elements should not be ‘allowed to freely rob’ the people ‘at their will’, the IDA stated. The state government is also urged to arrest the culprits and ‘bring them to justice without delay.’
“We extend our fullest support and stand with the decision of the officers and staffs of the department of Health & family Welfare for any form of future course of action on the action,” the IDA added.
In addition, the Nagaland Secretariat Services Association expressed pain at the incident. “Such incidents should not have any place in our society especially at this juncture when all the people are yearning for a peaceful co-existence. The NSSA condemn such acts of threat to life and express our solidarity with the officers and staff of the directorate of Health & family Welfare in their resolve t fight for justice,” The association added.
