GNLA threatens to shoot choppers used for counter insurgency ops

SHILLONG: At a time when the State Police is mooting the idea of using choppers for anti-insurgency operations, the proscribed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) has warned that such a move would prove disastrous for the State.
“Our men are not trained to ask questions and they will have no knowledge about which chopper is used for surveillance and which is in use for ferrying passengers to Tura/Shillong. They will shoot down anything flying over their head,” GNLA joint publicity secretary, Garo Mandei Ch Marak said in a statement issued on Sunday.
Alleging that there is a hidden agenda behind the delay in completion of the magisterial enquiry into the recent ‘fake encounter’, the GNLA said that the statement of the DGP that the police do not engage in fake encounter is something only the gullible will believe.
“How can a DGP say that police is not engaged in fake encounter when enquiry into the matter is yet to be completed? Why is the Hoe Minister silent over the statement,” the GNLA asked.