Four held for extortion in Nagaland

Kohima, Mar 10 (UNI) Dimapur police arrested four Manipuri youths for extortion and shooting a minor boy from Golaghat Road area of Dimapur town and recovered one US-made pen pistol from their possession yesterday, official sources said today.

They were demading a sum of Rs 20,000 from a housewife at Naga United Village. When she refused to give the money, they fired but the bullet hit her 14-year-old son and seriously injured him.

The Police also seized one round of .22 ammunition from them.

In another incident, some unidentified gunmen shot at one NSCN-IM cadre at Walford area of Dimapur town. He was rushed to a private nursing home, where he is battling for his life, the sources said.

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