Morung Express News
Dimapur| October 31
Following the terror attacks that took place across Assam on October 30, an emergency meeting was convened today at the Dimapur Deputy Commissioner’s conference hall, the Home Minister, Deputy Commissioner of Dimapur, Dimapur Superintendent of Police, state bureaucrats and public leaders. The meeting deliberated on precautionary measures to be adopted to prevent similar attacks in Nagaland state and also assess the law and order situation.
The SP of Dimapur, Liremo Lotha, said although the police are trying their best to keep the law and order situation under control, ‘force has its own constraints’ for which the public’s cooperation is required. He urged the public to be alert and inform the police immediately if any unclaimed object is found lying around and also advised them not to touch it. He cautioned owners of two and three-wheelers not to leave their vehicles unattended because recent trends across the country have shown these vehicles to be most commonly used to trigger bomb blasts. Sharing of information with the law enforcing agencies is paramount importance for safety, he said. A “dog squad” to assist the state police has also been proposed by the Army at Rangapahar
Dwelling on the prevailing problems of kidnappings and extortion in Dimapur, Deputy Commissioner Moang Aier said the telecom companies have to keep strict guidelines while issuing SIM cards to the public. He pointed out that over the last few, months’ 40 underground cadres from different groups have been arrested and a range of weapons seized, thus their movements restricted. But the DC said that use of fake SIM card used to make extortion and intimidating calls have become a cause of concern, and it is a very important step that needs to be taken up by the telecom companies.
The DC informed that Dimapur has been divided into eight sectors for law and order management. Each of the eight sectors team under a Sector Commander, a Magistrate and Dobashi (DB), he said. A team of in-charges for each sector will consult the colony Gaonburas (GB) to look out for “habitual offenders” to tackle the law and order problems, Aier said. The DC also disclosed that intelligence reports were received prior to the festival of Diwali that “Dimapur was not safe from the bomb blast,” and hence there was ban on bursting of fire crackers and beefed up security.
The DC has also urged the authorities in concern to check ILP (inner line permits) issued to outsiders, with utmost detail and proof to check influx of illegal immigrants. Naga Council President, Savi Liegise who was also present at the meeting urged the authority to beef up the intelligence network and suggested increasing mobile squads around Dimapur. He said a system to bring the situation under control needs to be worked out.
