By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: A day after the East Garo Hills district administration booked the jailed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) chief Champion Sangma under the Meghalaya Preventive Detention Act (MPDA), West Garo Hills followed suit even as his lawyer decided to challenge the orders.
West Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner Pravin Bakshi informed that the GNLA chief has been booked under the MPDA on the basis of cases registered against him in various police stations of the district.
Earlier on Tuesday, the East Garo Hills District Administration had booked Champion under the MPDA for various charges including waging war against the country and heading a banned organization.
“We will challenge the orders as per law,” Champion’s counsel Sujit Dey said on Wednesday.
Under the MPDA, a person is detained for a maximum of three years and the accused can get bail only after an Advisory Board chaired by a retired Judge gives a decision on the matter.
The GNLA chief has been booked in nine cases – four in Tura, two in Williamnagar, two in Nongstoin and one in Mendipathar.
Meanwhile, the prosecution on Wednesday produced two witnesses who were examined before the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate.
Champion, a former DSP who had co-founded the GNLA in 2010, was arrested on July 30 last year from Umkrem Pyrdiwah, after he was pushed back by Bangladesh authorities.
