Youth stabbed, mob gherao Dillai check-post

 

An angry mob laid siege to the inter-state border police check-post at Dillai on Thursday evening. It was sparked by a stabbing incident in which a youth was injured. The injured, identified as Zuben Shitiri (28) of Rilan Yan village, sustained trauma on the scalp of the head inflicted by a pair of scissors.

According to Shitiri, he intervened to break up an argument between his friend and another youth, whose identity could not be ascertained. The quarrel occurred at a shop at the Dillai check-post at around 5:00pm. In the process, the unidentified youth stabbed him on the head and absconded, Shitiri said. It was added that the youth got inside the compound housing policemen on duty at the check-post and escaped leaving behind his motorcycle, which did not bear a registration number.  

News spread and an angry crowd gathered at the check-post, alleging that the police let the youth escape. The crowd, demanding that the absconding youth be handed over to them, set on fire the motorcycle. Police later informed that the “absconding youth” was in custody, under arrest.

The SDPO, Dimapur, who was at the site, disclosed that the youth was arrested while trying to escape after the stabbing incident. Meanwhile, Rilan Yan village council, while condemning the incident, stated that an FIR would be lodged against the youth. Residents of the area alleged that the unidentified accused frequents the area to collect ‘tax’ from cargo vehicles.