Altogether 70 election-related criminal cases were registered in the State during the last Assembly election and 81 persons were arrested, seven persons charge-sheeted and investigations were going on in 61 cases.
This was stated by State police nodal officer and IGP (Range) Limasunep Jamir during a meeting to review the status of all criminal cases registered during the recent Assembly election held at the chief electoral officer’s (CEO) office, Kohima on Monday. Chaired by CEO V Shashank Shekhar, the meeting was also attended by additional CEO R Khezhie, joint CEOs Awa Lorin and Sharon Longchari, deputy CEO Alila Chang and assistant CEO Toshimeren.
The main purpose of the meeting was not only to review the status of election-related criminal cases, but to also ensure that active follow-up action continued on such cases even after the completion of the election process.
It was mentioned during the meeting that the Election Commission of India (ECI) also kept a close tab on any such cases registered and ensured that follow-up action was taken up to act as a deterrent for any future election and poll-related criminal activities.
The meeting decided that all the districts would be regularly sending monthly reports on the status of action taken report of criminal cases registered during the last general election, which would be reviewed by the offices of ECI and CEO. This was stated in a press release.
