Dimapur Police recovers body of Auto Rickshaw driver
Kohima: One auto rickshaw driver, who was missing since Thursday last, was found murdered in Dimapur. Official sources said that the deceased, identified by the police as one Gulyu Ahmed alias Gulzan (21) from Nagaon district of Assam, reportedly went missing on the evening of February 6. His body was found the next day at a forest area on the outskirts of Dimapur, towards Niuland. The auto rickshaw he was driving is also reported missing. Sources said, Police suspect the death to be a case of murder as the deceased bore signs of strangulation on the neck. The deceased usually plies his auto rickshaw at night waiting for passengers at the Railway Station. He was reportedly last seen at around 5:00 pm on February 6. Police were yet to receive any complaint in this regard, while the family of the deceased refused autopsy, it was added. (UNI)
One arrested for killing two wives
Kailashahar (Tripura): One person was arrested from Dhaliarkandi village of Unakoti district, about 18 km from here, on charge of killing his two wives. Police said one Abdul Mohit (39) was arrested on charge of killing his two wives at his house at Hamidpur and then left the bodies close to an oven and then escaped. The little-burnt bodies were identified as of Saifa Begum (27) and Faizun Nessa. Police said Abdul conceded during preliminary interrogation that he separately strangulated the two and threw the bodies into firewood-stacked oven to give an impression that they died of burns and fled to another village Dhaliarkandi. Mohit, a carpenter had three wives and the third one had deserted him and living with her parents family. He has five little children. (PTI)
Dimapur traders’ body opposes selling of NSCN-IM calendar
Kohima: The East Dimapur Business Association (EDBA) Saturday said it was ‘very concerned’ that despite the ban based on the people’s mandate, NSCN (I-M) was ‘selling calendars in its jurisdiction.’ In a statement, EDBA Media Cell pointed out that the calendar, sold for rupees Rs. 200 was dropped at the shops and that the shopkeepers were ‘told to be ready with the money when they come’. EDBA said it failed to understand how calendar for the year 2014 was sold now when a month had already passed. ‘Such acts go in contravention of democratic principles and shows scant disregard for the will of the people’, EDBA stated. The association reminded East Dimapur Village Councils (VCs) of the ‘resolution taken at EDBA office to disallow any forms of taxation and selling calendars and to abide by peoples resolution passed during the Action Committee Against Unabated Taxation (ACAUT)’s rally.’ In this regard, EDBA urged VC’s to look into the matter. The EDBA further urged business owners ‘to submit all demand notes given by Naga Political Groups (undergrounds) at the office of EDBA as per the directives of ACAUT and not to give any money towards the sale of calendar’. Drawing the attention of the ‘concern authority’, EDBA said while issuing any statement ‘concerning public and businessmen’, it should not be viewed on ‘any individual or particularize members of any organization’. (UNI)