Thursday, April 3, 2025

Police trade fire with dacoits

Date:

Share post:

SHILLONG: Police exchanged fire with highway dacoits who were extorting money from coal trucks and private vehicles at Gabil Bisa, East Garo Hills on Thursday night.

According to Police at around 12.30 am on Thursday highway patrol party from Rongmil OGC, intercepted unidentified armed miscreants extorting money from coal trucks and private vehicles at Gabil Bisa. The miscreants opened fire at the Police following which the security-men retaliated. However, the miscreants managed to escape. No casualty has been reported.

East Garo Hills SP JFK Marak confirmed that the miscreants were dacoits.

Previous article
Next article

Related articles

Supreme Court stays tree felling on land near Hyderabad University

New Delhi, April 3: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed tree felling on 400 acres of land in...

Govt scraps charges on updating nominee details in PPF accounts

New Delhi, April 3: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Thursday that the government has issued a Gazette...

Myanmar hit by 66 aftershocks following deadly earthquake

Yangon, April 3: As of Thursday morning, Myanmar has experienced 66 aftershocks ranging from magnitudes 2.8 to 7.5,...

Waqf Bill will open new avenues for development of Muslim: Danish Ansari

Lucknow, April 3: Uttar Pradesh Minority Affairs Minister Danish Ansari on Thursday claimed that the passage of the...