Nagaland Police launches app to eradicate extortion, drug menace in state

KOHIMA: Nagaland Police launched an app on Wednesday to eradicate extortion and drug menaces in the state. Addressing a press conference at police headquarters, Director General of Police Nagaland Rupin Sharma informed that the app on extortion and drugs will enable people to help the police curb the menace in the state. “Citizens can register via the Movement Against Drugs and Extortion in Nagaland’s Madeinagaland app or go through the website https://madeinagaland.com/nagaland/website/,” an official statement said. “Around 24 people have been arrested on account of extortion from all over Nagaland over the past months, and most of the cases have been stopped with suo moto action by the police or through the initiative of the police,” the DGP said. DGP Sharma also informed that Nagaland police have been making decent progress with regard to drugs, stating that their mechanism within the police department has been strengthened.

He also said that the department has issued notice to police personnel who are drug or substance users to go to rehab; otherwise, action will be initiated. Nagaland DGP said that they have prepared preliminary lists of Nagaland Police, where 43 police personnel are placed under suspension under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS).

“There won’t be any leniency towards non-performers in their job as police, as well as those that bring a bad name either to the Nagaland Police or to the government,” a top police official said.

“The law and order situation in the state remains good,” Sharma said, while stating that there have been instances of fatal accidents. He said that the department will engage with stakeholders, have consultations, and try to improve things in traffic checking as some of the accidents have taken place in remote areas where it is not always possible to have the police checking. Adding that there have been a few cases of rape that have taken place, the DGP said that the police are trying their best to do whatever they can, and any suggestions for improving things will be welcome. (ANI)

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