Deputy Chief Minister and Minister in-charge of Home, Yanthungo Patton, today assured the House that Nagaland Police is leaving no stone unturned to ensure the maintenance of law and order in the State.

The Deputy CM said this in his statement on “Ceasefire and Law and Order Situation in the State” on the concluding day of the Fifth Session of the Fourteenth Nagaland Legislative Assembly.

Patton apprised the house that crime situation in the State is under control with Nagaland police registering a good number of cases under different sections of the law. To this, he informed that 724 cases were filed by the police between January to June 2024, more than 2,486 cases were filed by the police during the calendar year 2023.

Mentioning that Nagaland Police has been making regular arrests in extortion related cases, he informed that 32 extortion cases have been registered and 35 persons have been arrested and out of the 35 arrested for extortion, eight were from NNC (FGN), seven NSCN (IM), seven NSCN-K (Khango) and four NSCN-K (Nikki), while the rest belong to other factions.

Further, Patton said, despite the increase in instances of civil society actions such as the shutter down in Dimapur in April 2024, the threat issued by NSCN-K (Khango) to a local contractor, the State law and order machinery have been active, making regular arrests and ensuring law enforcement.

“State government has written to the Chairman, Cease Fire Monitoring Group/ Ceasefire Supervisory Board, this month highlighting the instances of ceasefire violations and seeking action on the same,” added Patton.