NEWSLETTER

THE MIZORAM POLICE

Patron Sh. Dharmendra Kumar, DGP

Editorial Board Sh. Thianghlima Pachuau, ADGP Sh. Zorammawia, IGP Sh. Vivek Kishore, DIG(Trg) Sh. R.Lalbiakkima, DySP(C), MPRO Inspr. K.Lalhmangaiha, MPRO

ISSUE NO – 4 (July – December 2014)

Dear Colleagues,

I am extremely delighted to present this

fourth issue of the Mizoram Police Newsletter. I hope this Newsletter will be extremely useful to members of police as well as public.

A lot of good work has been done by Mizoram Police in the past six months. Huge catches of arms and ammunitions and drugs have been seized. Various new initiatives have been taken on the training front and courses have been conducted for the benefit of police personnel on diverse topics such as missing children, juvenile justice act and its various amendments, child protection etc. However, initiative needs to be taken by Mizoram Police to enhance the internal security of the state. The key security threats need to be clearly identified and the response to them needs to be chalked out. Mizoram has approximately 512 and 318 kms of international porous borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh respectively which is used by Insurgent groups for smuggling of weapons, contraband goods and drugs. Disaster management is another key area on which the Mizoram police have to stress upon as Mizoram lies in Zone-V of seismic activity.

I am sure that Mizoram police will rise up to these challenges well. I heartily convey my best wishes to all members of Mizoram police. I also congratulate the Editorial board of this Newsletter for their effort in bringing out this new issue.

Jai Hind!

(Dharmendra Kumar)

MESSAGE OF DGP, MIZORAM

Police Officers observing Police Commemoration Day On 21st October 2014 at 1st MAP Parade Ground to pay tribute to all police personnel killed on duty during the past year.

DGP delivering Welcome Speech during the Opening Ceremony of XVI Mizoram Police Sports Meet 2015 on 23.02.15 at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium at Mualpui, Aizawl.

Sh. Thianghlima Pachuau, IPS joined as ADGP Mizoram on 29.10.2014. He is a 1987 Batch IPS officer of Manipur Tripura Cadre and has held very important assignments in Manipur and Tripura such as ADGP Home Guards, MD/MPHC etc. before being posted as ADGP Mizoram.

Implementation of CCTNS Project is actively taken up by CID Crime and according to NCRB, Mizoram is assessed as one of the front runner states in the implementation of this project.

Some of the notable progress and achievements for the period of July – December 2014: 1) Letter of appreciation received from Director General, NCRB in August 2014 to Mizoram CCTNS

team for its achievements and overall 91% completion in the project. 2) Online Data Entry in CCTNS CAS Systems being done regularly in 26 out of 40 Police Stations in

all 8 districts of Mizoram. 3) CCTNS Training was conducted in the month of July 2014 for 13 Probationary DySPs for a period

of two weeks at SCRB. 4) Construction of 25 VSAT Platform sites completed by 1st Week of October 2014. 5) Customized CAS was developed and deployed in the CCTNS Servers at Data Center by System

Integrator for 36 sites. 6) Gap of nearly 18 months (Jan 2013 – July 2014) cases have been scanned and digitization

process has been initiated for 20 Police Stations. 7) CAS Customization test cases were submitted by System Integrator (SI). User Acceptance Test

(UAT) has been initiated. Suggestive comments regarding application have been given which are currently being implemented by the SI.

8) BSNL has completed connectivity on VPNoBB for 67 sites and on VSAT for 15 sites.

Sh. LH Shanliana IPS, DIG(SR) was transferred from Mizoram to Arunachal Pradesh. After paying a farewell visit to police personnel under his supervision and control at Lunglei, Saiha and Lawngtlai District encouraging them to continue their good works in the interest of Public and also meeting with civil officials to continue better Police-Public relationship and cooperation, he relinquished the charge of DIG(SR) on 31st August 2014.

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TRANSFER OF SH. LH SHANLIANA IPS, DIG(SR) TO ARUNACHAL PRADESH

STATUS OF CCTNS PROJECT IN MIZORAM

NEWS OF MIZORAM POLICE

JOINING OF SH. THIANGHLIMA PACHUAU, IPS AS ADGP MIZORAM

SOLVING CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION CASE

On 27.10.2014, CID(SB) Team by laying a trap at KT Hotel, Zarkawt Aizawl for 3 consecutive days and nights apprehended one Jacob Lianhupa (40) s/o Nivunga(L), Aizawl Venglai and his associate Vanlalliana (20) s/o Lalhnemi, Sangau who had demanded Rs.20 lakhs over mobile phone from ST Khama (66) of Electric Veng and and continuously threatened him with dire consequenses unless the demand was fulfilled. The main accused Jacob Lianhupa is the Chief Organizer of Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP) Youth. (Aizawl PS C/No.336/2014 dt.22.10.2014 u/s 506 IPC).

(i) Aizawl PS C/No.28/14 dt.31.01.2014 u/s 436 IPC r/w 3 of Explosive Substances Act (Treasury Square Market). (ii) Aizawl PS C/No.48/14 dt.21.02.2014 u/s 436 IPC r/w 3 of Explosive Substances Act (Aizawl New Market Meat Shop Old Building). (iii) Aizawl PS C/No.84/14 dt.22.02.2014 u/s 447/427 IPC r/w 3(a) of Explosive Substances Act (Near Residence of Hmingchungnunga, Chairman, Sinlung Hills Development Council (SHDC), Bungkawn Vengthar).

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CID (SB) OPS Team led by Pu Lalrinpuia Varte, Addl. SP CID(SB) under the overall supervision of Sh. Rodingliana Chawngthu, MPS, SP CID(SB) apprehended one Lalringthanga (45) s/o PT Kaia (L) of Mualtluang, Diphucherra, Cachar District, Assam on the morning of 03.08.2014 @ 5:50 AM at Dinthar Veng, Vairengte of Kolasib District. Accused Lalringthanga confessed before Police that he had exploded Gelatin Bombs at various places in Aizawl City namely (i) At Bungkawn Vengthar on the morning of 22.07.2014 @ 2:35AM (Aizawl PS C/No.228/14 dt.22.07.2014 u/s 436/427 IPC r/w 3 of Explosive Substances Act) and (ii) Near the residence of Lt. Col (Rtd) ZS Zuala, Hon’ble Parliamentary Secretary (Home etc.) (Kulikawn PS C/No.98/14 dt.01.08.2014 u/s 436/506/427 IPC r/w 3 of Explosive Substances Act). He is also the main accused in the following Bomb Blast cases during the initial months of 2014 :

BDFM CADRES APPREHENDED An intelligence-driven operation conducted by CID(SB) OPS Team apprehended 5 (Five) Cadres of Bru Democratic Front of Mizoram (BDFM) namely (i) S/S Warrant Officer Thlamuana @ Petoram (36yrs), (ii) S/S Pvt. Chhandama @ Sukla (21yrs), (iii) S/S Pvt. Zorama @ Noiboram (30yrs), (iv) S/S Pvt. Flower @Endro Msha (22yrs) and (v) S/S Pvt. John-a @Zorama (21yrs) on the night of 12.07.2014 @ 8:30 PM from Banu Hotel, Silchar.

They were booked under kidnapping cases in connection with West Phaileng PS C/No.04/13 dt 20.02.2013 u/s 364(A)/34 IPC r/w 25(1A) Arms Act and West Phaileng PS C/No.24/13 dt 25.11.2013 u/s 364(A)/379/34 IPC r/w 25(1A) Arms Act. Other than his involvement in kidnapping cases, S/S Warrant Officer Thlamuana @ Petoram (36yrs) is also responsible for sending donation-cum-threatening letters to various VCPs of different villages in Mamit District.

FSL CONTRIBUTIONS IN INVESTIGATION

(i) In the bomb explosion case near the residence of Lt. Col (Rtd) ZS Zuala, Hon’ble Parliamentary Secretary (Home) Kulikawn PS C/No.98/14 dt.01.08.2014 u/s 436/307/120(B)/506/427/34 IPC r/w 3 of Explosive Substances Act, the suspect Lalringthanga (45) was arrested 3 days after the incident due to the evidence collected by FSL Mizoram such as, traces of explosive substances were detected from the hand swabs and fingernail scrapings of the suspect. This is an exceptional finding considering the time lapsed and will provide important evidence in the court of Law. (ii) On 18.12.2014, Zokhumi (83yrs) w/o J.Lalsangzuala (L) was found murdered on her bed (Kulikawn PS C/No.185/2014 dt.18.12.2014 u/s 302/380 IPC). After careful examination of the scene of crime by a team of Forensic Experts, several evidences were collected including Fingerprints lifted from the door of the victim’s balcony. These fingerprints matched with one of the suspects Lalrempuia (36yrs) s/o Zothantluanga (L) Kulikawn.

SOLVING BOMB BLAST CASES

Sh. Lalrinpuia Varte, MPS Addl. SP CID(SB)

Sh. Rodingliana Chawngthu, MPS

SP CID(SB)

Arms & Ammunitions S/No. Name Quantity Ammunition seized

1 9mm Pistol 2 Nos - 2 M-16 Rifle 5 Nos 1098 Rounds 3 LMG Rifle 1 No - 4 G-3 Rifle 3 Nos - 5 AK 47 Rifle 3 Nos 5411 Rounds 6 AK 56 Rifle 2 Nos - 7 MA4 Mk-II UBGL Rifle 1 No - 8 SBBL Gun (Local Make) 4 Nos - 9 .22 Pistol 1 No 2 Rounds

10 5.56mm Ammunition - 5000 Rounds 11 INSAS Rifle 1 No 100 Rounds 12 .303 Rifle 1 No - 13 M2 Rifle 1 No -

Drugs & Psychotropic Substances

Sl No Name Quantity 1 Ganja 48.85 Kgs

2 Pseudo-Ephedrine 134 Kgs

3 Meth-Amphetamine 1.60 Kgs

4 Heroin 790.872 Grams

5 Proxyvon 5529 Capsules 6 Alprozolam 2120 Tablets 7 Ephedrine 1.550 Kgs

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VARIOUS SEIZURES MADE BY MIZORAM POLICE DURING JUL – DEC 2014

Liquor Sl No Name Quantity

1 L.M.L 626.25 Liters 2 I.M.F.L 5094 Bottles 3 Beer 3744 Bottles

Seized Amonium Nitrate & Detonators

Explosives 1 Detonator 31506 Nos 2 Cordex 49 Realms 3 Gelatine 360 Sticks 4 Amonium Nitrate 50 Kgs

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NEW INITIATIVES

COURSES CONDUCTED BY TRAINING BRANCH, PHQ Training Branch, PHQ undertook several new initiatives to improve the skills and knowledge of Mizoram police force and conducted the following in-service training courses for various ranks: Human Rights and Human Trafficking Law & Order and Crowd Control/ Management The protection of children from sexual offences Act 2012 Course on Investigation Special Laws Module (ND&PS Act and MLPC Act) Collection of Intelligence Preparatory training for O/C of Police Station Cyber Forensic & Demonstration of Indigenously

developed Cyber Forensics Tools Post Commander Course Special Law Module (Gender

Sensitization; Crime against Children & Crime against Women)

SENSITIZATION OF STAKE HOLDERS IN ISSUES RELATING TO DRUG ABUSE AND DRUG TRAFFICKING

Mizoram State Legal Services Authority (MSLSA) organized a one-day ‘seminar on sensitization of stake holders in issues relating to drug abuse and drug trafficking’ on 20.10.2014 at Aijal Club, Aizawl and was attended by Judicial and Police Officers.

During the seminar, Smt. Chhaya Sharma IPS, DIG(CID), Sh. Vivek Kishore IPS, DIG(TRG) and Smt. Lucy Lalrinthari, Special Judge, ND&PS Act gave Lectures on “Statutory mandate: introspection of enforcement”; Smt. Vanlaldini, Director, Social Welfare Department, Sh. Lalsawma Pachuau, Joint Director, Health & Family welfare and Capt. Vanlaltluanga, Social secretary, CHAN “Challenges in rehabilitation of victims of drug abuse & drug trafficking”; and Brother, Dr. Varkey M.T. and Dr. Chawnglungmuana, Director, SHALOM on the “Responsibility of Government, NGO and Court”.Special Law Module (Gender Sensitization; Crime against Children & Crime against Women)

STANDING COMMITTEE FOR SENIOR OFFICERS OF POLICE AND PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S As initiative taken up by DIG (SR), Standing Committee for Senior Officers of Police and

Public Prosecutor’s was constituted on 11.07.2014 as per direction of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India to examine all orders of acquittal and to record reasons for failure of each prosecution case and to suggest suitable measure which could be taken by the Government. On 17.07.2014, the first meeting of the Committee was held in the Conference Hall of DRDA Lunglei. All acquittal cases were analyzed in detail and recorded the main reasons of acquittal of cases, common errors and failure of Investigating Officer or Prosecution.

BOXING HC(Opr) Lalmuanpuia of MPRO won ‘TITLE BELT’

in Lightwight Category of LPS PRO FIGHT 2014 organized by the famous Local Cable Network named LPS at Hawla Stadium, Republic Vengthlang, Aizawl during Aug-Sep 2014. and was declared overall ‘Best Boxer’ in the event.

C/253 Lalnunhlua of Saiha DEF won ‘GOLD MEDAL’ in the Mizoram Open Boxing Championship 2014 organized by Mizoram Boxing Association during 22nd – 25th July 2014. He also won the ‘TITLE BELT’ in Bantam Weight Category of LPS PRO FIGHT 2014.

ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPORTS

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BADMINTON 1) 7th All India Badminton Police Championship at Dehradun, Uttarakhand during 8 – 11 October 2014.

45+ Singles : Sh. C.Lalthanmawia, MPS, SP F&ES - Runners up 45+ Doubles : Sh. C.Lalthanmawia, MPS, SP F&ES & - Runners up Sh. C.Lalruaia, MPS, CO 2nd MAP 50+ Doubles : Sh. Lallawmsanga, IPS & - Runners up Sh. Lalmuanpuia, MPS, Dy. CO 1st MAP

2) DGP Trophy for Badminton at PHQ Badminton Hall during 10 -12 September 2014

Single (Open) : Sh. Stephen Lalrinawma, MPS, Addl. SP LLI - Winner Double (Open) : Sh. David H.Lalthangliana, OSD Home & - Winner Sh. PC Lalduhthlanga, Vice Principal PTS 50+ Doubles : Sh. PC Lallawmsanga, IPS & - Winner Sh. Lalmuanpuia, MPS, Dy. CO 1st MAP Arrange Doubles : Sh. Vivek Kishore, IPS & - Winner Sh. Stephen Lalrinawma, MPS

3) Mizoram Inter-Departmental Sports 2014 (18 – 22 August 2014)

Men’s single : HC(Opr) Lalmuanawma of MPRO - Gold HC(Opr) Samuel Lalnunmawia of MPRO - Silver Men’s doubles : HC(Opr) Lalmuanawma of MPRO & - Gold HC(Opr) Samuel Lalnunmawia of MPRO

Mixed doubles : HC(Opr) Lalmuanawma of MPRO & - Gold HC Lalduhzuali of Traffic 35+ Doubles : Sh. H.Ramthlengliana, MPS & - Gold Nk. Lalthanzuala of 4th IR Bn. 45+ Doubles : Sh. H.Ramthlengliana, MPS & - Gold ASI (Ftr) Lalthanzuala of MPRO Men’s Team : HC(Opr) Lalmuanawma of MPRO - Gold HC(Opr) Samuel Lalnunmawia of MPRO Const. Johny Lalhlimpuia of PHQ Const. Zodinmawia of PHQ Const. Lalbiaksanga of 3rd MAP

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ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPORTS

4) North-East Games at Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh during 13-16 December 2014 Open Double (Men) : HC(Opr) Lalmuanawma of MPRO & - Gold

HC(Opr) Samuel Lalnunmawia of MPRO 5) North –East Senior Badminton Championship at Guwahati, Assam during 28-30 November-2014.

45+ Single (Men) : ASI (Ftr) Lalthanzuala of MPRO - Gold

MEDALS/AWARDS

On the occasion of Independence Day, 2014, Police Medal for Meritorious Service was awarded to Inspr. B. Lalnghakliana of Mizoram Police presently posted at Anti Corruption Bureau, Aizawl and ASI(Opr) Lalrinawma of MPRO presently posted at Technical Store, MPRO Hqrs. Aizawl.

561 Mizoram Police Personnels have been awarded Police (Antrik Suraksa Seva) Padak Medal by DGP Mizoram in recognition of their valuable services rendered for the prescribed 2 (two) years in Counter Insurgency Operation in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh during 2006 -2008.

An Expert Team led by Mr. RS Verma, Jt. Director, DCPW visited Aizawl on 20.8.2014 to restore POLNET Communication System at Aizawl.

DIG(TRG) Sh. Vivek Kishore, IPS visited MPRO Technical Training School at Durtlang on 08.07.2014.

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NEWS IN PICTURE

2nd Inter-Security Agency Badminton Tournament 2014 – 2015 at PHQ Badminton Hall

DGP Trophy for Badminton at PHQ Badminton Hall during 10 -12 September 2014

Training for functionaries of Police Department organized by Office of DIG CID in collaboration with Mizoram State Child Protection Society, Social Welfare Department, GOM.