In a concerning incident on Wednesday evening, a vehicular accident occurred on the Tongdentsuyong ward of the national highway in Mokokchung. The accident involved a Maruti car that hit a parked Bolero Pick-up.
The Officer-In-charge of Police Station 1 in Mokokchung reported that the incident took place on September 20, 2023, at approximately 6:20 PM. Upon receiving information about the accident, personnel from PS-1 Mokokchung swiftly rushed to the scene.


Upon arrival, the police discovered that a Maruti car with the registration number NL 02 C-3295, driven by a 31-year-old individual named Sentiakum from Sungratsü village, had been hit from behind by a parked Bolero pick-up.

Fortunately, no injuries were reported among the parties involved.


However, the police found that the driver was intoxicated, having consumed alcohol. Suspicion arose, and during a subsequent search, approximately 0.20 grams of suspected brown sugar were recovered from the tool box of the Maruti car.


The police informed them that the accused, Sentiakum, admitted to having consumed some amount of the drug before. In response to these discoveries, the police took immediate action. They lodged a Sou Motto First Information Report (FIR), and a case has been registered with PS-I Mokokchung under case number 0021/23 dated September 21, 2023.


The case has been registered under multiple sections, including Sec 279 of the IPC for reckless driving on a public way, Sec 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act pertaining to drunk driving, and Sec 27 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act), as suspected drugs were discovered in the vehicle, warranting further investigation.