SHILLONG: Home Minister Roshan Warjri has asserted that police was committed to thwart any attempt by militants and miscreants to create law and order problem through better intelligence gathering, use of sophisticated weapons and constantly checking the cross -border smuggling of weapons.
In reply to a call attention motion moved by Witting Mawsor (HSPDP) on the spurt in activities of various militant groups in Shallang area of West Khasi Hills, the Home Minister said that combing operations had been carried out to bust the areas of operation of GNLA and AMEF in Shallang and its surrounding areas last month.
She said following the operations, an over ground worker of GNLA, Bostik was arrested on September 14. Earlier, moving the call attention motion, Mawsor feared that if the state government is not keen to address the havoc being created by the militants, there will be a time when the militants will not hesitate to attack , the Secretariat and Assembly besides other important government establishments.
Warjri said that in addition to various other measures, the state government has instituted a State Level Standing Committee with Chief Secretary as Chairman with a view to have proper co-ordination between state police forces, para-military forces and various intelligence agencies in the state.
