NONGSTOIN: A public meeting organized by Hyniewtrep Achik National Council (HANC) along with the Join Action Committee of Warsan Lyngdoh on Saturday turned ugly when some unidentified miscreants fired stone shots from catapults targeting the leaders of the pressure group.
The meeting was organized to demand NOC from the KHADC for double laning of Nongstoin -Mawthabah road.
Two persons – a reporter of Khasi daily Rupang and the Sordar of Domshrah under Mawthabah area K .Pariong – received minor injuries in the incident.
The incident happened when Ricky Sohlang, president of HANC, took the stage to deliver his speech.
Sohlang later told newsmen that his organization condemned the incident. He said that the fight for the construction of the road connecting Nongstoin with Mawthabah would continue.
No FIR was filed by any organization till the filling of this report.
