TURA: Two extortionists who were proceeding to the home of a Tura based lawyer at Boldorenggre locality of Rongkhon to extort money, instead landed up at the Tura Civil Hospital with injuries after the public caught the duo and gave them a sound trashing.
The two extortionists, identified as David Marak of Rongsu in South Garo Hills and Namas M Sangma of Rongjeng in East Garo Hills, had demanded money from Tura lawyer M.L. Thangal and were proceeding towards his home to collect the amount when the people of the locality caught up with them and meted out street justice.
They narrowly escaped death after the mob handed the two bleeding criminals over to the police. Both the accused are currently nursing to their wounds at the hospital under police guard.
There have been several instances in the past when angry mobs exasperated over the rampant extortion demands made by criminals and armed gangs on the public have taken the law unto their own hands leading to public lynching.
The districts of East and North Garo Hills have witnessed the highest number of public lynching by irate mobs in the last three years.
The Tura Bar Association, meanwhile, has strongly condemned the incident of attempted extortion at Boldorenggre from one of its members.
The association decided to urge the civil authorities to take appropriate action to prevent such activities in future through proper deployment of sufficient security personnel.
As a mark of protest against the incident the office of the Tura Bar Association also remained closed on Friday.
