Security guard fires in the air to disperse KSU vigilantes

SHILLONG: South West Khasi Hills Police will conduct an inquiry into an incident on Wednesday when a private security guard had to fire in the air to disperse a group of KSU members who were conducting a verification drive at a labour camp at Demnar village.
Police said that the incident happened on Wednesday afternoon when some KSU members arrived at the labour camp at Demnar to verify documents of the labourers engaged in road construction work.
When the labourers were unable to produce certain papers as demanded, the KSU members started chasing them away after which a security guard who was on duty at the camp fired one round in the area to bring the situation under control, police said.
Police rushed to the spot along with a magistrate on learning of the incident. Later, 68 labourers were brought to the DC’s office keeping in view their security aspect and also to verify their antecedents.
Police further informed that the armed security guard had been posted in the area ever since miscreants torched a labourers’ shed some months back.