SHILLONG: A group of miscreants recently tried to snatch the service rifle of one of the personnel of the Civil Defence & Home Guard complex, Mawdiangdiang. Omar T Shangpliang, Commandant of Border Wing, Home Guard, Mawdiangdiang, Shillong lodged a complaint that on August 5 around 9:30 pm, four persons in a vehicle (ML-10A-9577) went to Civil Defence & Home Guard complex and parked the vehicle outside the gate.
Later, three occupants of the vehicle, Shaimanile Marboh (34), Tebor Rymbi (35) and Probert Louies Syiemiong (33), forcibly entered the gate, assaulted the personnel and also attempted to snatch the service rifle. Following this, the personnel raised an alarm and managed to apprehend the miscreants.