Our Correspondent
Kohima, Oct. 26 (EMN): A 44-year old policeman has been accused of murdering his three-year old son on Thursday in Chedema village. The accused, identified as one Talichuba Longkumer of Changtongya village, currently serving as a constable under 4th NAP battalion, reportedly slit his son’s throat with a machete and later tried to kill himself with the same machete by cutting himself. The victim has been identified as Thejaneizo Daniel, who is three years and two months old.
Village sources said the accused, who is married to a woman from Chedema, was on leave from duty and was staying at his in-laws’ house near Peace Camp in Chedema for the past few days.
On Thursday afternoon, the accused was stated to have taken his son near the Peace Camp gate and committed the crime. It was learnt that the Chedema village youth gathered at the site of the crime and later handed him over to Kohima North police station personnel. The accused was reported to have been rushed to Naga Hospital (NHAK) Kohima as he had critically injured himself.
Repeated calls made to Kohima police PRO as well as the North PS officials for more inputs, went unanswered.
Meanwhile, the Naga Mothers’ Association (NMA) has condemned the ‘gruesome and inhuman murder’ of a child by his father, who is a law enforcing policeman. In a statement issued late this evening, the NMA demanded that the police must take ‘strongest punitive measures as per the law’.
“The rise in attacks and killing of children and women in the state is an indication of a very troubled society within our homes, where they are not even safe within their own families and homes,” the NMA stated. The organisation also conveyed its condolences to the grieving mother and her family at Chedema, and also offered prayers to the Almighty God to grant the innocent child eternal peace and rest.
