TURA: In memory of the nine victims who lost their lives in police firing at two different places on September 30 years ago, the 30th September Victims’ Solidarity Forum will organise a memorial service for the slain martyrs at Chandamary Playground here.
In 2005, nine people protesting against the bifurcation of the Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBOSE) were gunned down by police at Tura and Williamnagar after they failed to control the agitating crowd. While four people died in Tura, five others lost their lives in Williamnagar in East Garo Hills.
Since the incident, the 30th September Victims’ Solidarity Forum has been organising the solemn programme every year in memory of the fallen martyrs.
This year’s observation will be held at the same venue in Tura from 5 pm and the organisers have urged church leaders, elders, senior citizens and youth leaders to participate in the programme.
