Nagaland DGP asks cops to dedicate themselves for people
Kohima:Nagaland Director General of Police Lungriading Zeliang on Tuesday called upon every cop to re-dedicate themselves to the service of the people. Police personnel should sincerely work to protect the people, which would be the true tribute to the brave martyrs’ who had laid down their lives during duty, Zeliang said while addressing the police officials on the occasion of 52nd Police Commemoration Day Parade at New Police Reserve here. He said October 21 every year is observed as Police Commemoration across the country as a mark of respect to the brave police martyrs who had laid down their lives during the from October 1 to September 31 every year. He said the number of police personnel killed was 662 including one Nagaland police during the period of 1-9-2013 to 31-8-2014. DGP also narrated the history of Commemoration day traces back to October 21, 1959, when a patrol CRPF, led by SI Karam Singh, was ambushed by the Chinese forces at Hot springs Ladakh and 10 jawans were killed. (PTI)
Abductors of 11 non-tribals reduce ransom amount in Mizoram
Aizawl:The abductors of 11 non-tribals in Mizoram have reduced their earlier ransom amount from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 11 lakh, police officials said here on Tuesday. The abductors, by using the mobile phone of one captive, told the latter’s relatives at Patharkandi in Assam’s Karimganj district last night, that they had reduced the amount of the ransom to ensure that the relatives together could pay the same. The abductors, belonging to militant outfit NLFT and cadres of the Bru Democratic Front of Mizoram, also threatened the relatives that the ransom should be paid this month itself, otherwise it would be the responsibility of the relatives if anything happened to the hostages, the officials said. The 11 non-tribal construction employees were abducted from a place near Rajiv Nagar in Mamit district on October 10. (PTI)
Brothers from Assam re-unite in Kochi after 10 years
Kochi:In a reunion after 10 years, two brothers, who left their home state Assam separately in search of a job and landed in Kerala, met each other here recently. When the elder brother Deepak managed to get a job as a worker at the Kochi metro construction site, his aim was to keep searching for his younger sibling Sanjay, who had left Guwahati in 2005 as a 11-year-old and there was no news about him after that. Sanjay had been brought to Kerala along with other some other children by an agent to work as child labourer. He worked for a year at a chicken stall at nearby Edapally where he used to do odd jobs. Though he was given food, there was no salary. With police launching stringent action against those employing children, Sanjay failed to get a job anywhere. He managed to get shelter at the nearby Janseva orphanage, completed his 10th standard and did a course in hotel management and is presently employed as a Assistant chef in a hotel here. Deepak continued his search for his brother which brought him to the orphanage. When he informed the orphanage authorities about Sanjay, they immediately contacted him. When the two met, they recognised each other, hugged and wept, orphanage authorities said. The brothers said they would soon be leaving for their home together to meet their parents and other siblings.(PTI)
JMB trains Assamese men to carry out attacks: Assam DG
Guwahati: Assamese youths have undergone a training under the Islamic terror network Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to carry out attacks, Director General of Police (DGP) Khagen Sarma said Tuesday. “We have received information against some youths who have been visiting Bangladesh for getting the training under the Islamic terror networks such as the JMB to carry out terror attacks,” he told reporters while attending a function organised to observe the Police Commemoration Day at the 4th Assam Police battalion at Kahilipara area. The DGP’s statement assumes significance as the All India United Democratic Front had slammed the Assam government recently after the arrest of six people for their alleged links with the JMB and the recent blast in Burdwan in West Bengal. “We were criticised when we arrested 24 people in a day in 1994 for having links with the Islamic terror network. Most of them had confessed their links with the network. Some of them had even confessed their links with the HuJI and Harkatul Mujahideen,” said Sarma. “Some of those arrested recently from Assam’s Barpeta district have been under surveillance for a long time. However, we did not have any evidence against them. Now police have arrested them as they have the evidence against them,” he said. (IANS)