MLAs meet CM over independent probe

SHILLONG: As many as five MLAs, including Phulbari MLA SG Estamur Mominin, have asked Chief Minister Conrad Sangma for an independent inquiry into the recent incident where two persons were lynched by an angry mob in West Garo Hills district and another was critically injured, police said on Friday.
In a letter to the chief minister, the MLAs said Sangma has assured that there will be a judicial inquiry into the matter. They added that it is a serious crime and the government should take the matter seriously and nobody should take the law in their hands.
The incident took place at Chanangpara village after the locals were alerted about the suspicious movement of the trio in their car.
A mob stopped the car and when they found weapons, a dagger and rods, in the vehicle, the occupants of the car were fatally attacked leaving two of them dead and one critically injured.
Villagers from Chanangpara believe that the three were part of a gang involved in a recent dacoity at nearby Rongchandalgre village where an arecanut farmer and his family were attacked at midnight by dao and rod wielding criminals who also took away sixty thousand rupees from their home.
Dacoity cases have also taken place in as many as four Roman Catholic Churches in different parts of Garo Hills.