SHILLONG, June 30: The gang of bikers who had run amok on June 24, assaulting a traffic cop, a Swiggy delivery boy and two student interns from Kerala, once again assaulted five persons at Jaiaw on Wednesday, police said on Thursday.
A statement issued by East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Sylvester Nongtnger said four labourers from Assam had gone to do some tile construction work in a house at Jaiaw. At about 6:10 pm while returning back in a taxi driven by a local person, they were stopped by some persons on the bridge at Umpohliew. The five persons including the taxi driver were physically assaulted in which four of the labourers received grievous injuries on being hit by iron hammer.
The VDP members intervened and after a chase managed to nab one of the culprits on the way to Mawlai Phudmuri, Madan Heh. On receiving information, police rushed to the spot and first took the victims immediately to Shillong Civil Hospital for treatment, where one of them was admitted.
Later, police with the help of the locality members caught five more bikers. Three out of the six are juveniles.
Police also managed to arrest one more member of the bikers’ gang late in the evening, bringing the total number of arrests in the June 24 case to eleven.
A fresh case was registered at Lumdiengjri police station in this regard.
Confirming the arrests, Director-General of Police LR Bishnoi said apart from 11 miscreants, police also seized five scooty and 11 phones.
Informing that the arrested persons were being interrogated, Bishnoi said people from all communities should be respected and no one should take the law into their hands.
“If they have any grievances, they should come forward for discussions as attacking non-tribals will give a bad name to the state,” the DGP said, while refusing to reveal if the miscreants had any affiliation with any organisation from the state.
