Dimapur, February 25 (MExN): The residents of Naharbari in Dimapur on Monday evening caught one extortionist while he was extorting money from the consumers in the locality. The accused Ngumuhe Angami, 35, son of Meuduhe Angami of Lengrijan Village is employed by one company contracted with the power department to take consumer survey.
According to the Naharbari Village Council, Ngumuhe Angami has been collecting from the residents for more than a week. "Though not authorised to collect the power bills he has been sneakily collecting bills from the consumers only in the evening. Since the department has sensitized the GBs and the village councils about checking procedures of meter box and collection of power bills whereby the village authority has to notify before carrying out the said work, we got suspicious and tried to get hold of him. He was also carrying the accessories that is used by the power department to seal the meter boxes" said Naharbari Village Council Chairperson Tokheli Kikon.
Ngumuhe Angami has collected more than rupees 21,000 from around 30 households in the area.
What shocked the people is that he was illegally collecting money from the people with the help of his son who is hardly 12 years old. According to the residents one of his modus operandi was to disconnect the wire from the meter box inconspicuously and later accuse the consumer for the fault and collect money from them. "He made his son to look out for people while he was disconnecting the wire from the meter boxes," said the residents.
The Naharbari Village Council has handed over Ngumuhe Angami to the East Police Station. The council will also return the seized money to the residents.
