Dimapur SP Meren Jamir said that the police could not use force against the crowd as hundreds of school and college going girls were at the front of mob. He said that there would have been numerous casaulties if the police had used force.
After the furore over the mob lynching of alleged rapist Farid Khan, Dimapur SP Meren Jamir said that the police could not use force against the crowd as hundreds of school and college going girls were at the front of mob, says an Indian Express report. He said that there would have been numerous casaulties if the police had used force.
Jamir, the Central jail chief and Deputy Commissioner Wezope Kenye have been suspended.
Neighbouring Assam was put on high alert by the Centre following the incident in Dimapur as the rape accused Farid Khan is believed to be from that state. Khan had allegedly raped a Naga woman several times before he was arrested on February 25.
Infuriated by the alleged rape, the mob had forced its way into the Central jail on Thursday, pulled Khan out before lynching him. Karai Chawang, Press Officer to Nagaland Chief Minister T R Zeilang, told PTI on phone from Kohima that a meeting of the state cabinet decided to suspend the district collector, SP and SP, Central Jail, for "their failure to control the situation."
The meeting also decided to arrest all those involved in pulling the rape suspect out of the prison on Thursday, parading him naked and lynching him, he said.
Chawang identified the deceased rape suspect as Farid Khan.
One person was injured in police firing on the mob and he later succumbed to his injuries, Meren Jamir, Superintendent of Police of Dimapur, said earlier, adding in all four to five people had sustained injuries in the action. He said curfew remained in force in Dimapur where the situation was "under control."
Posse of riot police personnel patrolled the streets of Dimapur. Zeliang said a high-level inquiry has been ordered into the mob attack to ascertain if there had been any lapse in security.
Chawang said the cabinet meeting decided to take steps to protect the minority community members amid reports that business establishments owned by them had come under attack in the wake of the rape incident. He also said that Khan's family would be given ex-gratia.
The Centre meanwhile sought a report from Nagaland government on the lynching of the rape accused by a mob and put neighbouring Assam on high alert in the wake of the incident.
"We have sought a report from Nagaland government about the incident and how a mob entered a jail and pull out an inmate," a Home Ministry official said in New Delhi. Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that he has already discussed with senior officials about the incident and asked them to take necessary action.
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. Zeliang assured Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi that necessary action would be taken against those who had broken into Dimapur jail and lynched the rape accused. In a telephonic conversation, the Nagaland Chief Minister Zeliang told Gogoi that a probe into the incident has already been initiated and anyone found guilty would be punished, according to an Assam government release. Zeliang also said if there were lapses on part of the officials, then necessary steps would be taken against them too.
With agency inputs
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