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Dimapur mob lynching: Nagaland govt orders judicial probe


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Dimapur, March 6: The Nagaland government on Friday ordered a judicial probe into Thursday’s incident where a mob broke into the high-security central jail here and lynched a rape accused.

The government also suspended the deputy commissioner and superintendent of police of Dimapur district for their failure to tackle the situation. Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang, who chaired a cabinet meeting Friday, said: "It is highly condemnable incident. The cabinet decided to suspend the deputy commissioner and superintendent of police of Dimapur district immediately for their failure to tackle the situation."

"The deputy commissioner and superintendent of police should have taken pre-emptive measures to contain the situation. But they have failed," he said. Zeliang said fresh orders have been issued to all the deputy commissioners and superintendents of police in the state to protect the non-locals, particularly people belonging to minority communities.


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Syed Farid Khan, a 35-year-old second hand car dealer, had allegedly raped a 20-year-old Naga woman on February 23 and 24 at different locations. Police arrested Khan on February 25 and later a lower court sent him to judicial custody. Khan, who hails from from Assam, was dragged out of the jail by an irate mob, paraded naked and then thrashed to death on Thursday, forcing the authorities to clamp curfew in the district.

The chief minister said culprits behind the in incident will be brought to the book soon and police are on the job to identify them.

Normalcy returning to Dimapur

he situation is slowly returning to normal with no reports of any untoward incident Friday. The authorities imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which prohibits unlawful assembly, in and around the town and deployed additional security forces in all the sensitive areas.

 

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One of the four protesters, who received bullet injuries during police firing on Thursday, breathed his last, police said.

Chief Minister Zeliang Friday assured his Assam counterpart Tarun Gogoi that necessary action would be taken against the perpetrators, who broke into the jail and lynched the alleged rapist.

In a telephonic conversation, Zeliang told Gogoi that a judicial probe into the incident has already been initiated. "Zeliang further assured a thorough investigation into the matter and anyone found guilty would be punished accordingly. Zeliang also assured that if there were lapses on part of the officials, then necessary steps would be taken against them too," Assam Chief Minister’s Office said in a statement.

Centre seeks report from Nagaland

The Centre on Friday sought a report from Nagaland on the lynching of a rape accused by a mob in Dimapur and put neighbouring Assam on high alert in the wake of the incident. "We have sought a report from the Nagaland government about the incident and how a mob entered a jail and pull out an inmate," a Home Ministry official said.

Officials of the ministry are also in touch with the state government officials on bringing back normalcy in Dimapur, where situation in considered to be tensed. Meanwhile, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that he had already discussed with senior officials about the incident and asked them to take necessary action.

"I have already discussed (it) with the officials concerned. All necessary steps have already been taken," he said. The central government has also alerted neighbouring Assam and asked it to step up vigil so that no untoward incident takes place along its border with Nagaland, officials said.


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