DIMAPUR, SEPT 16 (MExN): The presence of IRB jawans on the streets of Dimapur has for a change brought relief for many ordinary people who thronged market places for their weekend shopping. The market in the commercial hub as such started the day on a positive note despite the recent chain of ‘bomb events’. For the business establishment, faced with the looming threat of extortions and deadlines, the patrolling of policemen across the town on Saturday was also a welcome development. However, the uncertainty over the law and order situation also had an immediate psychological effect with most shops closing their shutters earlier than usual.
Earlier in the day, two scooter borne persons created a scare at the busy MP Road, near Bata junction this afternoon after one of the riders fled the scene, when IRB personnel, frisking vehicles, asked them to stop for a routine check. On interrogation, it was learnt that the person who fled the scene was reportedly an addict. With Thursday’s attack on a popular business establishment still fresh in the minds of the people; IRB personnel have intensified their frisking and are taking no chances with any suspicious behavior.
An additional company of the IRB has been deployed for intensive frisking purposes, a senior Police official said. Entry and exit points of Dimapur are also being manned more vigilantly, he said.
On the identity of those who perpetrated the recent crude bomb explosions, Police said they had received information that the culprits were employing the tactic of entering Dimapur, causing the incidents, and then hightailing out of the town.
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