Nagaland Post, Dimapur Tuesday, august 23, 2016
Two get death term for Jigisha murder
N ew D elhi , Au g 2 2 (IANS): A court here on Monday awarded death penalty to Ravi Kapoor and Amit Shukla for kidnapping and killing Jigisha Ghosh in 2009, saying the magnitude and brutality of the crime made it “a rarest of rare cases”. Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Yadav also sentenced the third accused, Baljeet Singh Malik, to life imprisonment. Kapoor and Shukla looked impassive while Malik seemed shocked upon hearing the sentence. The parents of Jigisha Ghosh, who worked as an IT executive, welcomed the verdict, saying justice has been done to their deceased daughter. “I had hoped for the two convicts to get death penalty and that is exactly what has happened,” Jigisha’s mother said. The court imposed a fine of Rs 1.1 lakh against Kapoor, Rs 2.8 lakh against Shukla, and Rs 5.8 lakh against Malik and directed that Rs six lakh be given to Jigisha’s parents as compensation from the amount collected from the convicts.
KU Chen unit flays...
(From p-1) area were having a positive outlook to the opening of the Indian-Myanmar road running via Throilu to Nyanching from Chenmoho, built jointly by India and Myanmar to facilitate trade and communication, peace and development between members of the Konyak Naga tribe, who live on both sides of the border.” Meanwhile, KU unit lauded the district administration, SDO Chen and Nagaland police officials led by Mon SP, Yangba Konyak and Village Guards assistant commandant, S.Laopa Konyak, who quickly responded by rushed to Chenmoho village and controlling the situation.
“Offence in the present case was committed in coldblooded, inhuman and cruel manner,” the court said. “Innocent, helpless and vulnerable victim remained in the captivity of convicts for hours.” The court observed that to save herself Jigisha handed over her debit card and other belongings to the convicts. She also disclosed the PIN numbers of the debit card to the convicts. The convicts killed Jigisha even after she pleaded for her life and were satisfied only by brutally mauling her to death, the court said. “In other words, the convicts behaved in uncivilised and barbaric manner against a helpless girl,” the court said. “It is the level, magnitude and degree of brutality, attitude and mindset of wrongdoer behind the crime along with other factors which makes it a rarest of rare cases.” Gruesome crimes against women are on the rise and showing leniency will send a wrong message to the society, the court said. Leniency will encourage
criminals like the convicts while passing an appropriate sentence in such cases will go a long way in arresting the increasing trend of crime against women, the court said. In awarding death penalty to Kapoor and Shukla, the court relied upon a report submitted by probation officer which recommended extreme penalty, observing that they cannot be reformed and would be a threat to society. The probation officer said Malik’s behaviour was normal throughout the trial. The court on July 14 convicted the trio under Sections 302 (murder), 201 (destruction of evidence), 364 (kidnapping or abducting in order to murder), 394 (voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record), 482 (using a false property mark) with 34 (common intent) of the Indian Penal Code. Public Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan sought maximum punishment for the convicts as they showed no remorse while killing Jigisha.
national/state India seeks Iraq help in release of abducted Indians New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS): India has sought the release of 39 Indians abducted in Iraq while expressing support for “unity and territorial integrity of Iraq”, the External Affairs Ministry said on Monday. Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar, who is on an official visit to Iraq from August 21 to 23, conveyed this while meeting the top Iraqi leadership, according to a statement issued by the ministry. Among others, Akbar met President Fuad Masum, President of the Council of Representatives Salim al-Jabouri, Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Eshaiqer Al-Jaafari, and National Security Advisor Faleh al-Fayyadh. “During the official meetings, the two sides acknowledged the grave threat posed by international terrorism and its sponsors to international peace and security as also the very architecture of nation state,” the statement said. Both sides conveyed strong support to each other in their common fight against the menace of terrorism.
Media should avoid making terrorists heroes: Naidu Hyderabad, Aug 22 (IANS): Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday referred to terrorism and violence as the biggest threat to humanity and advised media to avoid making terrorists heroes. “Terror, terrorism and violence are the biggest threats to humanity. Terrorism has no religion, no colour and everyone in one voice must denounce terrorism. Media should not play into the hands of terrorists and avoid making them heroes,” Naidu said at a review meeting held at Doordarshan Kendra in Hyderabad.
The minister stressed the need for upholding credibility in dissemination of information by public broadcasters. “Public service broadcasters have a great responsibility on their shoulders to ensure credibility in the era of competition.” He said that public discourse should be guided by development rather than disruptive tactics and politics. Naidu advised the public broadcaster not to jump to conclusions, but confirm the news before putting it out on air. “A public broadcaster, while disseminating information, must abstain from obscen-
ity, vulgarity and violence,” he said. “People in the media while producing programmes, plays, cultural programmes, must keep in mind India’s great heritage, culture, traditions and customs.” Naidu said that media must maintain high standards in informing the masses, keeping in mind the philosophy and guidelines established by the founding fathers in various spheres of public life. He also advised the media not to get involved in either speculation or invention of news. “Let us not mix news with views and create a bad practice.”
Over 26,000 people rescued from 5 flood-hit states: NDRF
Submerged houses after heavy monsoon rain in Allahabad on Monday. (PTI) NEW DELHI, Aug 22 (PTI): More than 26,400 people have so far been rescued by the NDRF from the flood-ravaged areas in Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and other states. The National Disaster Response Force has fanned out 56 rescue and relief teams to help people hit by heavy rains in various states and tasked two Deputy Inspector General-rank officers in Bihar and UP with monitoring the situation. “So far, the NDRF teams have evacuated more than 26,400 people from various flood-prone areas in the country this monsoon season. Besides the rescue work, these teams have provided medical care to the more than 9,100 people in these states,” the force said. The rescue operations are underway in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. In Bihar yesterday, NDRF teams evacuated 3,400 people from Didarganj, 580 from Bakhtiyarpur, 545 from Danapur, 380 from Chhapra, 355 from Vaishali and 15 from
Maner in Patna. The force said 11 flood rescue teams rescued 275 people from Ballia, 275 from Varanasi and 325 from Chitrakoot in Uttar Pradesh yesterday. 147 marooned people were shifted to safer places from Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh yesterday. “An NDRF team prepositioned in Sikkim conducted similar operations in Tingbung and Lingdang villages and evacuated more than 450 people yesterday,” it said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today promised total support to these flood-hit states in conduct of rescue and relief operations. He said Home Minister Rajnath Singh is closely monitoring the situation and has spoken to chief ministers of of these states. Singh had a telephonic conversation with chief ministers Akhilesh Yadav (UP), Harish Rawat (Uttarakhand), Nitish Kumar (Bihar) and Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan) this morning and took stock of the flood situation in their respective states.
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has drawn flak and ridicule for a photograph showing him being lifted by security personnel to cross a swollen nullah in the state’s Panna district to meet flood-hit people there, with the Opposition Congress saying it reflected his “feudal mindset”. The picture, which has gone viral on internet with netizens taking pot-shots at the BJP leader, was issued yesterday by the State Public Relations department after his visit to the rain-ravaged district but was later withdrawn. Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Arun Yadav said Chouhan’s “photo-stunt” for cheap publicity had backfired but Principal Secretary SK
Mishra contended that the Chief Minister was a ‘Z’ security protectee and the security personnel had to ensure that he is not bitten by any poisonous animal in the flood waters. “Chouhan in a bid to garner cheap publicity has indulged in this photo stunt. Instead of mitigating the problems of flood-hit people in Panna and other parts, the Chief Minister has himself become a problem for people (security personnel),” Congress leader Arun Yadav said. He said that the “real face” of Chief Minister has been exposed in the photo. “Now people know him well. We seek his resignation over the photo, depicting his feudal mindset,” the Congress leader said.
GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND
DIRECTORATE OF LABOUR LBR/TECH-239/93(Pt-I)
NEW CAPITAL COMPLEX NAGALAND : KOHIMA //
Dated Kohima, the th August, 2016
CIRCULAR As per report received from the Chief Election Commissioner and the President of Dimapur District Autorickshaw Drivers Union (DDADU), Shri. I. VITOSHE SEMA hs been declared as the new President of DDADU unopposed for the tenure 2016-2019. In this regard any objection/suggestion from any bonafide members of DDADU against the declaration of Shri I. VITOSHE SEMA as the new President of DDADU may be submitted in written to the Registrar of Trade Unions, Nagaland Kohima within 7(seven) days from the date of publication of this circular. Sd/- Er. L. NUNGSHIYANGER AIER Labour Commissioner cum Registrar of Trade Unions Nagaland, Kohima DC-1911
Issued by : DIPR
New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI): Two more persons including a 12-year-old girl from south Delhi have succumbed to dengue, taking the death toll due to the vector-borne disease in the city to four as the total number of cases jumped to over 310. Out of the total cases reported this season in the national capital, nearly 192 were recorded in the first three weeks of August, according to a municipal report released today. Both victims died at Safdarjung Hospital. The girl, identified as Muskan, a resident of Shaheen Bagh here, died on July 29 while 19-year-old Deepak, from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh succumbed to the disease on July 27, a senior civic official said. This year, dengue cases have been reported rather early. The vectorborne disease claimed its first victim on July 21 when a girl from Jafrabad in northeast Delhi died at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital. Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan’s sister-in-law died of dengue on August
12 at Apollo Hospital here, though the municipal authorities have not officially acknowledged these two deaths. A total of 91 cases were reported in July, six cases were recorded in May, while June witnessed 15, it said. Thirty-four fresh cases were reported till August 20 since the last count and the total number of cases so far in the city is at least 311, the senior civic official said. The capital city had seen 277 cases of the vector-borne disease till August 13. Last year, the city saw a staggering 15,867 dengue cases -- the worst in 20 years -- with the disease claiming 60 lives, as per municipal reports. In 2015, only six cases were reported in June, while July had registered 36. This season, North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Sadar Paharganj, Rohini and Narela Zones reported a case each, Karol Bagh and City Zones two each while Civil Lines recorded three cases.
SUMI HOHO Oking: Zunheboto, Nagaland.
To, The Editor, Electic Northeast, Saraswati Market, 2nd Floor, Above SBI, Sixth Mile Branch, Suruj Nagar, G.S. Road, Guwahati, Assam – 781022. IN RE: SHOW CAUSE NOTICE.
Dear Sir, Whereas, it has come to the knowledge of the Sumi Hoho, the apex body of the Sumi Naga tribe in Nagaland that in the July issue of your esteemed “Electic Northeast” monthly magazine (hereinafter magazine), at page 40, an article on the issue of illegal immigrants was published for public reading all over the country of India. And whereas, in the aforementioned magazine, a coloured picture of two women selling vegetables were shown with a caption “Two women in a market place in Dimapur. One of them belongs to a new Naga ‘tribe’ called ‘Sumiya’ – born out of a legitimate marriage between Sema or Sumi (Naga tribe) and Bengali-speaking Muslim men called Miya”. And whereas, the picture of the aforesaid two women with the caption having depicted the existence of the new “Sumiya tribe” in Nagaland, exclusively arising out of the Sumi Naga women intermarriage with illegal immigrants. The Sumi Hoho is desirous to take immediate steps against the so called new Naga tribe “Sumiya” which is a threat to the Sumi tribe in particular and Naga tribes in general. Now therefore, you are hereby called upon to Show Cause with proof and evidence of your claim of the existence of a new Naga tribe called “Sumiya” in Nagaland born out of Sumi Naga women intermarriage with illegal immigrants, either by way of producing the official recognition notification of the said tribe and/or any Sumiya tribe in person/woman in the picture and/ or a declaration certificate from the Officials of the Sumiya tribe before the Sumi Hoho within 15 days from the receipt of the instant show cause notice, failing which, the Sumi Hoho will take legal course of action deemed fit. Sd/Sd/(TONIHO YEPTHOMI), (VIHUTO ASUMI), President, Sumi Hoho General Secretary, Sumi Hoho
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited the flood-hit Panna district on Sunday.
In social media, social activist Ajay Dubey posted the photo of Chief Minister being lifted by security personnel with a caption “I am a prince”. Mr Dubey took a dig at Mr Chouhan saying the picture has revived memories of feudalism. Reacting to the photo, one Sachin Jain posted “Liability, isn’t it”. Likewise, journalist Abhilash Khandekar, who had written Mr Chouhan’s biography, has reacted to the photo commenting it as “Inhuman. Indecent.” When a senior officer of State Public Relations Department was asked about the photo release, he said the picture was released by their Panna office to media houses and not by Bhopal office. However, it was withdrawn yesterday evening itself, he added. Meanwhile, defending Mr Chouhan, the Principal Secretary said the Chief Minister was having ‘Z’ security cover prompting his security personnel to lift him to ensure that any poisonous animal in water doesn’t bite him. “Nothing should be read into it,” Mr Mishra told PTI. “Chouhan in fact risked his life to cross the swollen nullah. He is too sensitive to people’s problems. He is meeting people affected by flood round-the-clock. We should appreciate his concern, sensitivity for the people rather taking it the other way round,” Mr Mishra said.
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Shivraj’s flood picture draws criticism, Dengue menace: 2 more deaths; Congress says reflects ‘feudal mindset’ total cases rise to 311 in Delhi
PM Modi promises Centre’s support to flood-hit states
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today promised Centre’s total support to five flood-hit states in rescue and relief operations. He said Home Minister Rajnath Singh is closely monitoring the situation and has spoken to chief ministers of UP, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to take stock of the situation. “Centre assures total support in the rescue & relief operations. I hope the situation in the affected areas normalises at the earliest,” he said in a tweet. “HM @ rajnathsinghji is closely monitoring the situation. He has spoken to the CMs & taken stock of rescue & relief operations,” he said. “I pray for the safety & wellbeing of those in areas affected by floods in parts UP, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan & MP: PM @narendramodi,” he said.
5 Centre sets up team on voter secrecy machine New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI): A team of ministers has been constituted to take a call on using a new machine which prevents disclosure of voting pattern during counting to enhance voter secrecy. The move comes against the backdrop of the Supreme Court asking the Centre to decide on the issue by next month. The five-member team headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, was set up on the directions of the Prime Minister’s Office, to recommend to the Union Cabinet on whether the machines can be used. The other members include Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. The Election Commission had in 2008 proposed to use ‘totaliser’, which prevents disclosure of voting pattern during counting to enhance voter secrecy, and has received the backing of the Law Commission. The issue was pending with the government. On August 5, a Supreme Court bench, while hearing a writ petition, gave the Centre eight weeks time to take a “final decision” on the issue and post the matter for further hearing in February, 2017. “The writ petition has been coming up for hearing during the last two years in the Supreme Court, and the court has been pushing hard for taking a view in the matter at the earliest,” a Law Ministry note on the issue said. The Law Ministry is the administrative ministry for the poll body. The poll panel is of the view that with the use of totaliser, a further level of secrecy in voting and the mixing of votes at the time of counting will be achieved. It said the machine will prevent the disclosure of pattern of voting at a particular polling station.