12-hr shutdown in Dimapur total

A 12-hour shutter down protest called by five business associations in Dimapur was total and passed off peacefully with no untoward incident on Tuesday.
The lighting shutter down from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. was jointly called by Nagaland Medicine Dealers Association (NMDA), Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industries (DCCI), Business Association of Nagas (BAN), East Dimapur Business Association (EDBA) and Nyamo Lotha Road Business Association Dimapur (NLRBA) to protest against the bomb attack on a chemist shop in Dimapur on Monday night.  The blast took place at Ideal Chemist run by a non-Naga at NL road adjacent to Breeze Restaurant. One person succumbed to injury at hospital and four others sustained splinter injuries.
All shops including pharmacies, eateries, petrol pumps and wholesale dealers remained closed. The busy Nyamo Lotha (NL) Road, Hazi Park area and New Market and other thoroughfare wore a deserted look. There were also reports of some autorickshaw drivers buying petrol from black market. Commissioner of police, Limasunep Jamir, said that the day passed off peacefully without any untoward incident.
Meanwhile, representatives of NMDA, DCCI, BAN and EDBA jointly submitted a memorandum to Commissioner of Police Dimapur when they met him at his office on Tuesday. They demanded that the police apprehend the culprits at the earliest and book them under appropriate sections of the law.
The four business organizations have also appealed for deployment of more security forces for the safety of business community as well as the public. They also urged the law enforcing agencies to be more vigilant so as to avoid such occurrences in the future. Commissioner of police agreed to increase the deployment of security forces in the town, the business bodies stated.
5-member SIT formed
State government has constituted a five -member special investigation team (SIT) to probe the May 30 bomb attack in Dimapur, in which one person was killed and four others injured.
The five-member team would be headed ADCP (Crime) Shouka Khaketo, said Commissioner of Police, Limasunep Jamir while briefing media persons at his office chamber here on Tuesday. He said that no time frame has been given to the SIT, but the investigating team has been asked to conduct an expeditious probe into the blast.
He said that a Chinese made grenade was used in the attack, however, declined to comment on the findings by the investigating team as it could hamper the investigation process.
Dimapur police chief has also not ruled out involvement of underground activists behind the blast. He further said that the investigating team was putting more efforts to ensure that the perpetrators of such heinous act were brought to justice.
Dimapur city, the commercial hub, has been by and large peaceful, but the incident has sent shock waves across the district, which is also a concern to the Dimapur police, he said.
He appealed to all to continue to repose faith and trust in the capacities as police were putting more efforts to ensure that the Dimapur remained peaceful.
The incident should not be considered as deterioration of law and order in the district, instead the commissioner of police sought cooperation from the public and business community to thwart any such attempt by unwanted elements.