SHILLONG: Meghalaya Police have arrested eight more persons in connection with the violence which took place in Ichamati in February this year raising the total number of arrests to 70.
In a statement Assistant IGP, GK Iangrai said that all the accused persons have been charge-sheeted under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.
It may be mentioned that during the ILP-related agitation, one person was killed in violence after a violent clash with a section of residents of the place.