Dimapur, July 22 (MExN): A local organization in Dimapur, Naga Council, laments the sorry state of justice-administration, the eternally tepid performance of the administrative and judicial apparatuses in checking crime in Nagaland and the anguish of common citizens who have to live with criminals that have been set free yet again by the law. If crime and criminals are left easy, the council reminded, vigilantism will rise.
The Naga Council issued a statement today, lamenting the surge in crime in Dimapur, and the shocking trend of state and law apparatuses who continue to let criminals go scot-free. Although not naming the judiciary particularly, the Naga Council referred to the recent freeing of three extortionists. The very fact that the criminal are free now points to how the hard police work of the law-enforcers has been undone.
Referring to the reported rape and murder of a young girl in Dimapur yesterday, the council said the crime is the latest in a string of rapes and murders in the city. “Unmindful of the anguish of the peace loving citizens of Dimapur, anti-social elements have unleashed a new trend of first rape, then murder…,” the council said in a note appended by its leadership. If the trend is left unchecked with better state and community policing, the organization reminded, the crimes would lead to the rise in the “vigilante system.”
Ordinary citizens would take the law into their own hands, the council said, thus further aggravating the already fragile social order among the Nagas.
The Naga Council has asked the Nagaland police to set up ultra-modern forensic laboratories to “test semen and DNA samples” to expedite and strengthen the investigative processes. “This too should come under the purview of police modernization programme,” the council said.
The council expressed anger that three extortionists arrested on July 18 are free on bail, thereby undoing the hard work done by the police and adding to the sense of insecurity already prevailing in Dimapur.
“While extortion may be a bailable offence under the relevant sections of the IPC, the Indian criminal law is not so watertight so as to limit its ‘judicious and liberal interpretation’. In the context of extortion, it is a fact that extortion has become an industry in Nagaland and the esteemed judges and prosecutors are aware of this reality,” the council reminded the judiciary.
The business community of Dimapur is outraged by the daily threats of so-called “taxation” extortion from varied individuals and the underground factions, the organization stated, echoing common sentiments. “The judiciary is also well aware that the costs of extortion and ‘taxation’ are being borne by the common man in the form of increased prices and artificial inflation. As such, considering the explosive situation prevailing in Dimapur, the judiciary would be well-advised to deny bail to extortionists in the greater interest of society,” the council stated.
The Judiciary and police are two sides of the same coin; however, the alarming trend of criminals roaming scot-free after securing easy bail has dismayed the police and the society no end, the council said taking the example of Manipur state where the lower judiciary is today nothing more than an ineffective apparatus.
“In order to prevent such a situation from coming to pass in Dimapur or Nagaland, the Naga Council, in the interest of the society appeals to all sections of the government to play their part sincerely.”
The Naga Council issued a statement today, lamenting the surge in crime in Dimapur, and the shocking trend of state and law apparatuses who continue to let criminals go scot-free. Although not naming the judiciary particularly, the Naga Council referred to the recent freeing of three extortionists. The very fact that the criminal are free now points to how the hard police work of the law-enforcers has been undone.
Referring to the reported rape and murder of a young girl in Dimapur yesterday, the council said the crime is the latest in a string of rapes and murders in the city. “Unmindful of the anguish of the peace loving citizens of Dimapur, anti-social elements have unleashed a new trend of first rape, then murder…,” the council said in a note appended by its leadership. If the trend is left unchecked with better state and community policing, the organization reminded, the crimes would lead to the rise in the “vigilante system.”
Ordinary citizens would take the law into their own hands, the council said, thus further aggravating the already fragile social order among the Nagas.
The Naga Council has asked the Nagaland police to set up ultra-modern forensic laboratories to “test semen and DNA samples” to expedite and strengthen the investigative processes. “This too should come under the purview of police modernization programme,” the council said.
The council expressed anger that three extortionists arrested on July 18 are free on bail, thereby undoing the hard work done by the police and adding to the sense of insecurity already prevailing in Dimapur.
“While extortion may be a bailable offence under the relevant sections of the IPC, the Indian criminal law is not so watertight so as to limit its ‘judicious and liberal interpretation’. In the context of extortion, it is a fact that extortion has become an industry in Nagaland and the esteemed judges and prosecutors are aware of this reality,” the council reminded the judiciary.
The business community of Dimapur is outraged by the daily threats of so-called “taxation” extortion from varied individuals and the underground factions, the organization stated, echoing common sentiments. “The judiciary is also well aware that the costs of extortion and ‘taxation’ are being borne by the common man in the form of increased prices and artificial inflation. As such, considering the explosive situation prevailing in Dimapur, the judiciary would be well-advised to deny bail to extortionists in the greater interest of society,” the council stated.
The Judiciary and police are two sides of the same coin; however, the alarming trend of criminals roaming scot-free after securing easy bail has dismayed the police and the society no end, the council said taking the example of Manipur state where the lower judiciary is today nothing more than an ineffective apparatus.
“In order to prevent such a situation from coming to pass in Dimapur or Nagaland, the Naga Council, in the interest of the society appeals to all sections of the government to play their part sincerely.”
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