Our Correspondent
Kohima | October 13
Nagaland State Home Minister, Y Patton today informed that the existing women cells in Kohima and Dimapur have been upgraded to full-fledged women police stations, and that the same would be inaugurated soon.
He revealed this during the inauguration of the Kezocha Police Station under Kohima district today. Kezocha lies some 32 km away from state capital Kohima. He informed that the women police station in Kohima will be inaugurated on October 18.
Patton stated that the establishment of the police station at Kezocha is very important as it is placed in a strategically located area. This police station has jurisdiction over ten adjoining villages including the EAC HQ. It is located in the south-east region of Kohima district, touching the inter-district boundaries of Kohima and Phek. It also covers inter-state boundaries of Nagaland-Manipur, ensuring that the station plays a greater role in curbing criminal activities along the border.
The Home Minister expressed hope that the law and order problems in the region would decrease with the opening of the police station.
He urged the officer-in-charge and his team to be vigilant in protecting and upholding the security of the people around. “The establishment of police station in this region should be a boon for the people and not a bane for them,” Patton said.
Meanwhile, the Home Minister said that the NPF would come back to power in the 2018 elections and used the occasion as an opportunity to ask people to vote for his party.
Responding to the desire of the Southern Angami Public Organization (SAPO) for up-gradation of SDO (C) Jakhama to ADC HQ and of Kezocha EAC to SDO (C), Patton stated asked the SAPO to process the matter through the DPDB. He assured that the government would do the necessary as per the requisite norms.
