Cease-fire causing difficulty for Naga police

Kohima Nov 15: Nagaland police has been facing difficulty in containing the violence among the underground outfits due to the Centre's prevailing Cease-fire Agreement with the two NSCN factions state Director General of Police (DGP) J Changkija said.

Inaugurating a function at the Superintendent of Police's office yesterday, Mr Changkija said with the prevailing Cease-fire, the state police force had shortage of manpower to confront the factional clashes.

However, he claimed that despite frequent factional clashes there was a relative peace in the state.

The DGP also said the state police had no problem in dealing with the law and order situation other than factional clashes.

He further urged his officials to be more vigilant, careful and tackle the problem diplomatically.

He also told the newsmen here that the home ministry had sanctioned Rs 27 crore to modernise the police department to combat the factional clashes.

UNI