DIMAPUR, JULY 13 (MExN): The Nagaland Police has refuted the charges leveled by the NSCN (K) that the Chief Minister was using rival cadres for his residential guards. Terming the allegations as erroneous misinformation, the Nagaland Police today issued a strong denial in order to “pre-empt any possible misconception and wrong conclusion from this erroneous presentation of facts”.
IGP (Crime) J. Bendangtoshi IPS in a press rejoinder informed that the safety and security of the Chief Minister or any other VVIP was fully the responsibility of the Police Department. It was clarified that the manpower deployment and detailment of the Chief Minister and VVIPs whether at their official residence, work place or while mobile are made by the police authorities based strictly on professional security considerations. Based on security consideration, the Chief Minister, it was informed, was provided inner cordon security by a contingent of para-military force, while his escorts and pilots during his tours and travels are drawn from the Nagaland Police.
“Therefore, to even suggest (by NSCN-K) that the chief Minister is using rival cadres for his residential guards is not only totally erroneous misinformation but also betrays complete ignorance of the whole gamut relating to VVIP security”, the IGP stated.
With regard to the facts of the incident on July 11 at Minister Hill, the IGP informed that on that day gunshots were heard emanating from a spot at about 1630 hours a little away from compounds of the Chief Minister and Speaker’s official residences. “Responding to it, the police team immediately rushed to the spot from both ends of the main Ministers Hill road axis.
One of the police party intercepted one Alto with six occupants trying to get away but were immediately apprehended on the spot and brought to Kohima South Police Station along with arms and ammunition they were carrying.”
The police also mentioned that at the time of incident, the Chief Minister was out of town along with his bodyguard personnel and his body guards were not there either in the residential complex or within its vicinity.
The IGP further clarified that the police had acted without any fear or favour and had also shown due courtesy while dealing with the apprehended NSCN (K) cadres without compromising on the official formalities and requirements.
It therefore sincerely appealed to all citizens and groups not to exploit such incidents for either propaganda or to mislead the public without verifying the correct facts which will only create more suspicion, misunderstanding and confusion in the minds of the people, whereas, peaceful co-existence and harmony among all sections of the people is the need of the hour today, it stated.
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