EMN
Dimapur, January 17
NPCC President K.Therie today made a scatting remark on the State government for deliberately failing to protect late Ritika Mehta a business woman from her perpetrators, and described its failure to prevent murder as a ‘gross negligence’.
Therie demanded the government to pay compensation and immediately arrest the culprit(s) to deliver justice within a framework of time.
“Failure to arrest the culprit(s) despite of CCTV evidences even after one month is not only incompetence but also suspicious. We are heavily saddened by the laxity of the State Government and the Central Government’s apathy toward the people of Nagaland.”
Therie in a statement said, “Late Ritika Mehta was murdered in broad daylight and the family members are left wide open in danger. This is not the only murder we have come across. In 2015 alone, five non-Nagas who are most peaceful subjects of Nagaland and from business communities were murdered. We have seen in some cases that the Government has condemned but justice has been denied. We have not come across any life sentence, death sentence nor any compensation, despite the nearly daily murders, assassinations and killings.”
NPCC president said, “There is a feeling of fear and insecurity, especially amongst the minority communities living in Nagaland. Freedom is under duress in Nagaland. Public order (law and order) lies in the State list (List II of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India) and is within the sovereign authority of the State Government. The Government of India has nothing to do in matters of law and order in the state. The Public have the right to look to the State Government for safety and security of life and property. It is the duty of the State Government to provide safety and security to life and property of its subject.
Late Ritika Mehta was a lawful abiding subject of Nagaland State and a citizen of India. She was a humble and peaceful entrepreneur. She had registered complains of intimidation and threat with the State government as well as with the Ceasefire Monitoring Chairman. Thus, both the Centre and State Governments were in the know of the danger.”
Stating that Nagaland government is not lesser than any other State government, Therie said, “today, we have a lesser State government unlike other State governments.”
“The people have no respect for the legislators who cannot protect the lives and properties of their subjects. Unless they perform and deliver to the people, they may all be defeated in the next election.”
