Issues stern warning to tainted politicians, officials
TURA: The A’chik Tiger Force (ATF), a newly floated militant outfit from Garo Hills, has threatened of retaliatory actions against a particular Garo militant outfit for alleged unprovoked killing of some of its cadres in Songsak, Napak A’pal village in East Garo Hills District, while also issuing a stern warning to tainted politicians and government officials who were involved in the practice of nepotism.
In a statement issued here recently the militant outfit stated that it was not in fear of other militant groups that the ATF was formed and asserted that it would not back down if any of the militant outfits of the region chose to cross paths with it.
“We did not form the ATF in fear of the GNLA or any other militant outfits operating in the region. We are ready to take them on if they happen to cross paths with us,” the outfit’s area commander of East Garo Hills, Mikkim Arengh, said in a statement.
While alleging that there was widespread nepotism in job recruitment processes especially in the recently conducted recruitment to the Meghalaya Police Service (MPS), the outfit warned of stern action against politicians or government officials who were indulged in nepotism or other illegal practices.
The outfit also announced in its statement that it would be entering Songsak region in East Garo Hills in the current month of January and warned other militant groups not to provoke it adding that it was ready to take on any kind of offensive action carried out by them.