Amid escalating protest against the lynching of a rape accused by a mob in Nagaland's Dimapur, Internet and text messaging services have been blocked across the state till Monday evening.
The Nagaland government is putting to use services of paramilitary forces to instill a sense of security among non-Naga communities
With normalcy returning to Dimapur town, the authorities on Thursday night revoked the prohibitory orders imposed in the wake of lynching of a rape accused on March 5 there.
'For years, a whispering campaign against the non-Nagas -- and occasional violence -- has dominated the local discourse, but Farid Khan's lynching was unprecedented in its ferocity.'
The situation in Dimapur was on Monday returning to normalcy with curfew being relaxed.
Assam has taken up with the Central and Nagaland governments the issue of safety of the people of Assam residing in Nagaland
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