A day-long Inner Line Permit (ILP) verification drive was carried out on 16th May 2023 in and around Kohima town consisting of five teams from the District Administration and Police to detect illegal immigrants and ILP defaulters.

During verification, cases of ILP with expiry date and some without valid passes were detected and accordingly, penalties were imposed as per sections (2), (3), and (4) of the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation (BEFR), 1873. A total of 325 ILP defaulters were detected and after verification of all required documents, a total amount of Rs. 1,20,000 (one lakh twenty thousand) was realized as penalties which will be deposited as Government revenue.  

The Special Task Force constituted for ILP verification will be conducting periodic checking for the detection of illegal immigrants and ILP defaulters.

The verification drive was conducted in pursuance of the direction issued by the Deputy Commissioner, Kohima.

(DPRO Kohima)