Bonnie Konyak
Dimapur | June 24
The image of Nagaland, not very long ago, known as a haven of tranquility, as a land of unassuming, honest, respectful and hospitable people, has received a serious blow with a recent spurt in killing incidents. This recent negative development of the Naga society has far too often made headlines, sending shock waves among the people. Circumstances and motives of these civilian killings are varied, nonetheless, every right thinking citizen communicates concern over the latest trend emerging in the “ever-ready-to-imitate” Nagas.
Admitting that crime was definitely on the rise over the last one month, SDPO Dimapur, Vesupra Kezo, put it down to the influence of indulging in anti-social and illegal substances like drugs. He also expressed that the increased crime was because of the increase in urbanization. “With more urbanization, all sorts of people will come here and it will become more complex”, said the SDPO adding that the police department was gearing up for such instances on a war footing.
However, Imchatoba, president of NSF expressed strong dissatisfaction on the security mechanism, saying that they took their duty nonchalantly. Opining that the capacity of security was static, Imchatoba said that the administration and the security should adopt innovative policies to monitor the maintenance of law and order.
On the cause for the rise in the crime rate, the NSF president said that frustration arising out of unemployment could be a reason. Pointing out that Dimapur was a place where a lot of people were gathered, trying to do something, he said that these crimes were the adverse effect of finding every opportunity taken away by the illegal immigrants.
Heartily agreeing that crime was not on the decrease in Nagaland, advocate Ayo Aier said that it was not only the number but the manner in which it was being committed that was a cause for worry. The gruesomeness in which these crimes were increasingly being committed, gave out evidence of a twisted psyche which could not be seen as remotely human, the advocate held. She also opined that this trend could be brought about by the fall out of the Naga freedom movement and the kind of juncture that the movement was in at the moment. Ayo said that the psyche resulted from the decades of fighting amongst ourselves.
Another reason the advocate cited was the exposure provided by the media in this modern age. She added that Naga society had jumped into an era of modernization without a methodical process of evolution, and had been too soon exposed to the modernization of the other developed countries through various forms of media.
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