From Our Correspondent
TURA: Unidentified militants have shot dead a man and dumped his body next to the National Highway passing through Bajengdoba area of North Garo Hills district on Monday night.
Bajengdoba police rushed to the spot after being alerted by villagers about a body of a middle aged man lying on the side of NH-51 at village Chenggalma, near Dinok market early Tuesday morning.
The 50-55 year old victim, identified to be a non-tribal, had a bullet wound on his head. He was left on the road with a pair of sun goggles covering his eyes and a woolen cap on the head. No message or note was left behind by the killers.
The Garo militants, specially the GNLA usually leave behind a note on the body of their victim giving reasons for the slaying but, have also been shy from doing so when it came to ransom.
North Garo Hills police have so far not been able to identify the victim because there has been no report or case of missing person or abduction in the district since the last two months.
However, unconfirmed reports mention that the body could be that of a muslim trader who was kidnapped by armed militants from Rongrong market a few weeks ago. His whereabouts have remained unknown so far. Rongrong falls under East Garo Hills but is adjacent to the North Garo Hills district.