Morung Express News Dimapur | December 19 One woman was injured in a suspected case of mugging in Dimapur. The incident occurred in the wee hours of December 18. The victim, 34 years of age, who did not wish to be named, was out jogging at around 5:00 am when a hooded man attacked her reportedly with the intention of robbing. It happened at Fellowship colony. As per the victim’s account, the attacker came up to her as they crossed path on the road. “He asked me where I was going and I replied that it was none of his business and as I turned to go on my way he hit me with a brick on the head,” she said of the incident. Hurt and no less shocked, instinct told her to fight back and fight back she did. She said that the instant the brick hit her forehead she went for the attacker’s left hand and started kicking him while shouting for help. She added that she held on to the sleeves of the hoodie the attacker was wearing, which restrained his left arm. The attacker most likely sensed her cry for help would wake up people in the neighbourhood and he, according to her, fled towards the main road. She said that she thought of chasing after the fleeing attacker but she realised she was bleeding from the forehead. She headed for the nearest hospital where she three received stitches to cover a gash on the forehead. An FIR was then filed at West Police Station. However, to her surprise, she received a call from the police station the next day informing her that she has to register her complaint at the Women Police Station. Asked whether she re-registered the complaint, she replied that she did not as she felt that she should have been directed to the Women PS when she first filed the complaint. She further expressed apprehension that the mugging may not be an isolated incident. Citing reports of other similar incidents, she said that sometime in November a woman was knocked unconscious and robbed while out jogging. The incident reportedly occurred on the road dividing Duncan Basti from Fellowship and Supply colonies, she said. In an earlier incident reported to have occurred in October, two elderly women were robbed in similar fashion near the Duncan-Landmark (formerly PWD) road intersection not far from where the other two incidents occurred. In that incident, the attacker reportedly shoved the women and ran after snatching their bags.
