From Our Correspondent
TURA: Suspected militants belonging to the GNLA targeted a government revenue collection point belonging to the Taxation-Directorate of Mineral Resources lobbing a hand grenade that failed to explode during the late evening hours of Friday in North Garo Hills district.
Preliminary reports indicate that the militants lobbed a hand grenade outside the premises of the DMR office in Dainadubi in North Garo Hills shortly after 6:30pm but the bomb failed to explode.
No one saw the device being lobbed since at the time there were countless number of trucks laden with minerals passing through the point and numerous truck drivers were disembarking to pay the required toll before driving off.
The grenade was noticed by some of the government staff on duty at the site who alerted the police.
As news spread about the hand grenade, police from nearby Dainadubi outpost rushed to the scene and evacuated the public and cordoned off the place. The bomb disposal unit of the army was also alerted to diffuse the device.
It is strongly suspected that the GNLA may have lobbed the grenade following non-compliance to their extortion demands by the department staff posted in the area.
In 2012, suspected LAEF militants had also attacked the same office compound by lobbing a grenade which failed to explode.
The LAEF had demanded a large sum of money from the staff manning the check point.