Police fire in the air to disperse mob

Police fired in the air to disperse a mob which clashed with policemen demanding that an accused arrested in connection with the murder of a girl be handed over to them in Tirap district, police sources said today,
A man named Ngamwang Wangsa was arrested by police yesterday in connection with the murder of a 12-year-old girl of Kaimai village whose body was found in the bushes near a stream in NCI colony on Tuesday, the sources said.
The girl was missing since Monday evening. Suspecting foul play, her parents had lodged a complaint at the Deomali police station.
Last evening a crowd gathered at the Deomali police station and demanded that Wangsa be handed over to them. A clash broke out between police and the crowd after police refused to hand over the accused. The mob also vandalized the police station, sources disclosed.

To disperse the mob the police opened fire in the air and later prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC was promulgated in the town, they said.