TURA: Former chairman of the ANVC-B Bernard N Marak (Rimpu) has termed the GLR Pharmaceuticals sabotage as an ‘attack on the weak’ and threatened to expose the pressure group leaders who were allegedly involved in the incident.
“I will not refrain from exposing the old cases of these goons. I assure you, I have more pages to open and people will be very happy to know the truth,” Marak said.
Marak said he took over the pharmacy after approval from the administration. He added that the pharmacy was being targeted “because they need their haftas”.
“I made a choice to live a normal life and do legal business but they target my firm because there is a political motive behind it. They campaigned against me in the GHADC and even in the last election. I don’t have any grudge against them but they and their political masters have. I have a legal agreement and I am doing a legal business. If they take law in their hands, I will not hesitate. They are trying to make the GLR issue into a communal one so that they regain support in Tura,” Marak claimed.
GSU had written to the deputy commissioner urging him to shut down the pharmacy as it was “illegal”.
The former rebel raised several questions about the intention of the attackers, whom they described as “self-profiting leaders”, and asked police to inquire deeper into the case as he has provided all evidence.
“They have to be paid to raise an issue like they were paid this time. They chose issues to popularize themselves and raise only those issues which are communal like the case of Sofior Rehman, loud speaker at masjid and now Vivek Agarwal.’’
‘‘Tengsak (Tengsak G Momin, president of GSU-Tura) took away the hard disk of the CPU on someone’s instruction as can be seen in the CCTV footage. The question is why only the hard disk? Was it Vivek’s previous partner who engaged himself in an illegal business partnership who instigated these NGOs? Or is there someone else,” he added.
Marak claimed that the pressure group leaders were responsible for many other illegal activities in the past.
“These NGOs were also behind vandalising the eco-friendly project at Samsanghat. John Leslee Sangma, the then MLA, filed an FIR which should be pursued by the police. They are targeting the weaker section of the society to gain local support but they themselves are adopting evil tactics.
The Scorpio owned by Tengsak has a North Garo Hills registration and was actually donated by one wealthy non-tribal businessman from Dudhnoi who did huge business against NGT ban.People who help them profit are their allies. Locals are foes. Even the GSU office located on the outskirts has a hidden motive because businessman who partially sponsored this office wants his vehicles to ply freely without harassment,” the former militant leader alleged.
Marak also alleged that the NGOs were regularly organising the ‘mela’ at Tura Parade Ground without a proper approval from the GHADC.
