TURA: A senior militant leader of the GNLA has been shot dead in an encounter with SWAT commandos of Williamnagar and CoBRA units of CRPF deep in the jungles of Durama Hills on Friday morning and a huge cache of arms recovered.
The militant leader identified as Tusol T Sangma alias Mikjim was inside the main camp of Sohan D Shira when the commandos attacked it at around 11 AM resulting in a long gun battle that stretched for several hours. Police have managed to recover some of the weapons from the camp and the body of Tusol T Sangma who is said to be the ‘area commander’ of West Khasi Hills district. One HK rifle with magazine, 2 AK magazine, 2 grenades, 2 pistols and 6 wireless sets have been recovered from the camp area.
Solar panels recovered from GNLA chief’s house
Williamnagar police commandos (SWAT) along with CRPF’s CoBRA units raided the house of GNLA commander-in-chief Sohan D Shira on Thursday and recovered a huge number of solar equipment that was about to be shifted to the militants camps.
Acting on intelligence reports about the arrival of a large number of highly sophisticated equipment menat for lighting up the militant camps, the special commandos raided Sohan Shira’s house and found the items stashed in a separate room ready to be moved out.
The items that were smuggled into Williamnagar before transportation to the GNLA camps included five sleeping bags, a big size solar plate, 4 numbers of B P plate, 2 numbers of Patka plate, 4 numbers of mini solar UPS, 3 numbers of mini solar plates all of which were meant for charging computers, mobile phones and lighting up the camp. Six bags of urea meant for making improvised explosive devices were also seized from the house.
Later, the commandos raided another house belonging to the militant chief’s brother identifed as one Salte Ch Momin and recovered 21 number of table fans, 3 solar plates, 3 mini solar UPS and one digital generator. All the equipment were suppose to be transported to camps in the dense Durama hills across the Simsang river.