By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: In a double strike terror outfit Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) killed a surrendered cadre of the outfit identified as Sonaram Sangma in South Garo Hills in the wee hours on Friday and a secretary of the Village Defence Party, Sengkan K Sangma, in East Garo Hills on Thursday night.
According to police the surrendered GNLA cadre was killed at around 12:30 am on Friday at a place in Nangalbibra, South Garo Hills while the VDP secretary was shot dead on Thursday at around 11.30 pm at Dajongpara area under Mendipathar near the PWD road in East Garo Hills.
According to police, around 10 armed GNLA cadres shot dead the VDP secretary and left a note near his body which said that Sangma was killed since he was a dacoit leader and a police informer.
The note written on a GNLA letter pad was signed by the self styled ‘area commander’ of the Northern Command.
Four empty cases of AK and one empty case of pistol were recovered from the site.
The GNLA militants in the past had targeted the surrendered GNLA cadres and their family members.
Truck driver shot dead
In another incident, some dacoits stopped a coal truck at Wageasi on Thursday night and shot dead the driver identified as Ram Bahadur, 29, hailing from Damra in Assam.
The dacoits had intended to extort money from the truck driver, police informed.