Nagaland Govt clarifies on 'no rape' report
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Dimapur, March 12 2015:
Government of Nagaland has refuted reports which said that the accused Syed Sarif Khan had not raped the woman in Dimapur.
Chief Secretary Pankaj Kumar in a statement issued Wednesday evening said that "the attention of the State Government of Nagaland has been drawn to news items appearing in certain sections of the media implying that the report sent by the State Government to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India in connection with the lynching of late Syed Sarif Khan on March 5, 2015 in Dimapur holds that there was no rape" .
The Nagaland Government clarified that it's report made no "such mention." The Chief Secretary said that the report highlighted that on receipt of FIR from the complainant on February 24 on the "assault and rape by the accused" (Late Syed Sarif Khan) on February 23, a case was registered by Dimapur Police U/S 376/344/363 IPC for investigation.
He said that the statements of the complainant, the accused and the suspected accomplice were recorded.
"The complainant and the accused were medically examined and samples have been sent to Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Guwahati for examination," he said.
As the case is under investigation, the Chief Secretary requested the media to refrain from reporting based on speculations in the interest of justice and peace.
Prohibitory orders relaxed
With normalcy returning to violence-hit Dimapur town, the authorities on Thursday relaxed the prohibitory orders, imposed in the wake of lynching of a rape accused on March 5, for 15 hours.
The prohibitory orders under section 144 crpc were lifted from 6 am on Thursday.
Although no fresh arrest could be made, Internet and SMS/MMS services continued to be blocked, officials said here.
Meanwhile, a total of 47 people have so far been arrested for their alleged involvement in the lynching of one person by a mob on March 5 .
Shops, business establishments, schools, colleges and government offices were open and vehicles plying on the roads.