CM visits Mao market fire incident site; provides relief

financial assistance to the affected families. The chief minister was accompanied by DC Kohima Shanavas C, SP Kohima Imnalensa, Kohima Village T Khel council members, and other government officials.

State Govt constitutes assessment committee

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SIT to probe Feb 27 kidnapping case in Wka

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KOHIMA, FEB 28 (NPN):

A five-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Wokha sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) has been constituted to probe the February 27 kidnapping case.

Police sources confirmed to Nagaland Post that a case had been registered and that investigation was underway.

According to the FIR lodged by Subenthung Kithan, two persons from Longsa village, reportedly supporters of BJP, were allegedly kidnapped by supporters of a rival candidate at Blue Hill junction around 6 a.m. on February 27 and taken away to an unknown location.

Kithan said the duo were heading to their respective polling stations to cast their votes when the incident took place. Official sources informed this correspondent that the two persons who were found later in the evening had severe injury marks on their bodies. It was informed that one of the two men escaped from the clutches of the kidnappers with injuries, while the other was brutally assaulted and was shifted to Dimapur where he was being treated in ICU. report, Rio met the affected families, whose shops and residences were burnt down in the massive relief: The chief minister also provided Rs. 20 lakhs from Chief Minister Relief Fund as

Following the massive inferno that totally razed Mao Market, NN Market here on Monday night, the State government has constituted an assessment committee to oversee the distribution of relief materials to fire victims and their rehabilitation.