Morung Express News
Dimapur | November 4
The police is facing allegation of inaction and acting unfairly by a couple, party to a private dispute. The saga involves property, a ‘stayed’ court marriage, alleged abduction and illegal detention, FIRs and counter FIRs.
The couple, namely, Dr Mlato Shikhu and Chelsea Kikon went public on November 4, claiming at a press conference that the police refused to accept their complaints despite repeated attempts. They were accompanied by two lawyers.
According to their complaint, Dr Shikhu, a medical doctor by profession, was allegedly abducted by members of a Naga Political Group on the morning of October 29. He claimed that the act was orchestrated at the instigation of his biological brother, an engineer in the PWD, and the doctor’s children from his first marriage.
A subsequent attempt by his wife to report the incident to the police went in vain, as the complaint was allegedly ignored. Meanwhile, the same day, he said that his wife was arrested and detained at the Women Police Station, Dimapur, based on a harassment complaint filed by the children of Dr Shikhu. According to him, she was released only the next evening, while he was also released from the place where he was allegedly detained.
Following his release, he said that he approached the West Police Station to file a complaint about his alleged abduction, which was also allegedly ignored. He finally filed his complaint via email on the advice of the DGP, he said.
In the emailed complaint, he claimed that both his and wife’s FIRs were ignored on the orders of high ranking officers of the Dimapur Police Commissionerate.
As per the version of Chelsea Kikon, she was taken to the Women PS from her residence the day Dr Shikhu was allegedly abducted. “I did not know that there has been an FIR filed against me. And after that when I reached the police station, they started taking away my bag, my phone and detaining me,” she told the press conference. She further claimed she was accused of casting a “magic spell” on Dr Shikhu, and her lineage questioned by one police officer.
She claimed she was denied the right to a lawyer and refused information on the complaint against her. Her FIR was accepted by the police station the next afternoon (October 30) after she was detained overnight, she said. Terming it a violation of human rights, she contended that the Nagaland State Women Commission should take up her case.
She though added that she was not mistreated while at the police station, and given a bed to sleep.
According to her, she and Dr Shikhu took the wedding vows in court in September, 2024, but which was later ‘stayed’ through a court directive.
In the FIR filed by her step-children, on October 29, she was accused of “fraudulent activities” that they claimed “have negatively impacted” their family. While claiming that they were concerned about her alleged “deceitful actions,” they requested a thorough police investigation.
Police denies
The police, meanwhile, dismissed the allegation of inaction and bias as baseless. Responding to queries from the media, the Commissioner of Police said that FIRs from both parties were accepted as required by law. He revealed that 2 FIRs each have been received from both parties in connection to what was termed to be a family dispute. He denied the woman was illegally detained and termed her accusation of a police officer questioning her identity baseless.
As per the police version, all the FIRs were duly recorded in the General Diary of the police stations, and pending completion of preliminary inquiries, have yet to be registered.
