TURA: West Garo Hills Police have revealed that the recent murder of a pik up van driver at a jungle along the Tura-Dalu road and the abduction of a trader from Najing Bazar in Tura are the handiworks of the same gang of criminals.
According to police, the gang comprises of former Garo militants including that of the GNLA who committed the murder of the driver at Dalu as they needed the vehicle for abduction activities.
“Our credible sources reveal that both crimes were committed by the same gang. We are confident of cracking the case and arresting the criminals very soon,” Superintendent of Police, Dr M G R Kumar said.
Earlier on June 7, police had recovered the decomposed dead body of pik up driver, Nagrash R Sangma, who had gone missing along with his vehicle for several days from a jungle along the Tura-Dalu road. The vehicle so far is yet to be traced.
On June 9, a cloth merchant who sells his wares regularly on Saturdays also mysteriously went missing and his whereabouts continues to remain unknown.
With both crimes being committed one after the other within a short span of time, police are certain that the first crime was committed to get possession of the vehicle to use in the abduction of the cloth merchant and other such crimes which they plan to commit.