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Dimapur, March 12
The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has demanded a CBI probe into Dimapur rape case and lynching of rape accused on March 5 that led to the ‘unfortunate’ death of a civilian and injury to many others in police firing.
The NPCC in its joint meeting of Political Affairs Committee (PAC), Executive Committee and CLP members held on March 9 at Congress Bhavan, Kohima passed a three-point resolution.
The NPCC felt that the one-man enquiry set up by the State government headed by a former District & Sessions Judge may not be able to bring out the factual report on the entire episode considering the gravity of the situation prevalent in the State.
A statement issued by Media Cell, NPCC said, an impartial enquiry by a central agency like CBI will be able to put the records straight in unearthing the circumstances that led to the violent incident.
“Investigation from all angles has to be viewed that includes probe into rape charges, failure of administrative machinery to prevent jailbreak and lynching of rape accused, killing and injuring of public in police firing, injury to law enforcing personnel, damage to properties, conspiracies if any and the role of the people who spearheaded the protest rally against rape that went beyond its mandate.”
While taking into account the rape incident of February 23 and 24 which was condemned, NPCC said that the utter lawlessness that followed with the unruly mob taking law into their own hands by breaking into a high security prison to drag out and lynch the rape accused in the most gruesome manner can never be justified by any civilized society.
“The shocking pictures and videos that went viral on the media have caused irreparable damage to the image of the people of Nagaland across the world.”
The NPCC appealed to the people of Nagaland to maintain peace and harmony at this crucial juncture where negative actions have attracted enough media attention across the country and the world. Further, the NPCC appealed to all political parties, NGOs and civil societies of the State to desist from indulging in blame game against one another. “Attempting to take mileage out of this shameful incident that has exposed our failures on all fronts will only yield resentment and hatred on our people.”
CNTC, DDCF, CNSA call for peace
In the aftermath of March 5 incident in Dimapur, the Central Nagaland Tribes Council (CNTC), Dimapur District Citizens Forum (DDCF) and Central Nagaland Students’ Association (CNSA) held a joint meeting at CNTC office on March 11 and deliberated on the lynching of rape accused by unruly mob.
The meeting strongly condemned the mob for taking the law in their hands without any remorse, which had put all the people of Nagaland particularly citizens of Dimapur under an embarrassing situation.
While appealing for peace and calm, the meeting called upon all the ‘sensible’ citizens and organizations to own moral responsibility instead of blame-game and shying away from finding solution for communal harmony.
The meeting also viewed the viral dissemination of the ‘fabricated’ news reporting through media houses and social media networking sites which has disproportionately damaged the image and aggravated the tense situation.
While acknowledging the State government for owning moral responsibility for the State machinery’s failure and immediately setting up judicial enquiry commission to find out the circumstances leading to the incident, the meeting appealed to all concerned to extend cooperation to the commission. The meeting also strongly appealed to all sections of people and State political parties not to politicize nor take undue advantage of the present situation.
