Arms licence racket busted in Nagaland

Kohima, Aug 25 : Amidst reports of fake arms licence rackets operating in Nagaland, the Dimapur police, in a major operation, has arrested two people from Dimapur town and seized some weapons and arms licences from their possession.

Official sources here today said acting on a tip-off that arms and ammunition were being supplied to miscreants from Dimapur, police raided two gun-repairing shops in the town on Eros Lane yesterday and arrested two people.
Police also recovered one country-made .22 rifle, one bolt .22, one empty GMM magazine, 12 bore KF 12 ammunition, one wooden gun butt and 15 licences of various arms.

Police also discovered one secret compartment, the storeroom of arms and ammunition, from where one .22 rifle, modified with a .303 bolt, was recovered.

A case was registered and investigation was on to apprehend the other members of the racket and the miscreants to whom they sold the weapons.

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Mizo govt. to seek CBI probe into priest’s death

Aizawl, Aug 25 : The Mizoram government would soon submit an application to the CBI to investigate the mysterious death of Rev Chanchinmawia, former moderator of the Presbyterian Church Synod, state Home department sources said here on Monday.

State Deputy Home Secretary Romawia left Aizawl on Monday for Delhi with necessary papers to meet the CBI top officials, the sources said.
Earlier, the council of ministers decided to hand over the case to the CBI and state Home Minister Tawnluia sanctioned the probe by the agency.

Rev Chanchinmawia’s body, with several injuries caused by a sharp and pointed weapon, was found at his Khatla Pastor’s official residence on the morning of October one last.

A special investigation team of the state police after launching full investigations, concluded that the priest’s death was not due to homicide but a “suicide” and the final report was accepted by a district court.

Public outcry and the church’s contention that the pastor did not commit suicide prompted the government to re-investigate the case and hand it over to the CBI.

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Monika case to be filed in SC

Imphal, Aug 25 : The Monika Devi issue is all set to find its voice in the country’s highest court, the Supreme Court of India in a couple of days time.

Disclosing this to Newmai News Network on Sunday, Deban, a member of Co-ordinating Committee Against the Conspiracy to Exclude Monika Devi from the Beijing Olympics, said that the committee would file a writ petition at the Supreme Court with regard to the Monika Devi’s sad incident for which the team may leave Imphal for New Delhi on Monday, August 25.
Deban further stated that full preparation has been done to bring justice in this regard.The member also said that legal experts in the Supreme Court have been contacted by the team and it is only the matter of time that justice would be delivered to weight-lifter from Manipur Monika Devi.

Deban then said that the team will also “see” the ongoing enquiry of Khrishnamurthy on the Monika Devi case.

It is pertinent to note that weight lifter from Manipur L.Monika Devi was barred from boarding the flight to Beijing carrying Indian Olympic team at the eleventh hour on the doping charge but the controversy was cleared and Monika Devi was given green signal to go to Beijing only to be informed few hours later that it was too late.

Manipur erupted and numerous forms of agitation followed called by several organisations. Condemnations from both hills and the valley echoed alike while strongly voicing against the exclusion of Monika Devi from the Beijing Olympics.

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