Tura Police launches investigation into Saturday night’s firing incident
TURA: Unidentified miscreants fired shots at the office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor located at the centre of the NEHU Tura campus at Chasingre, near Tura, damaging three windows on Saturday night prompting Tura Police to launch an investigation to ascertain the facts.
The incident is believed to have taken place sometime during the late hours of Saturday when the office premise was deserted and the damage was spotted only on Sunday morning by the security staff of the institute.
“We do not know why the office was targeted and by whom but we have filed a police complaint after coming to know about the incident. Three window panes were damaged,” said Pro Vice Chancellor of NEHU, Tura Campus, Prof. Eugene Thomas while speaking to The Shillong Times on Monday.
The firing is believed to have been carried out from either a musket or a country-made weapon since pellets have been found inside the room and on the walls.
“There were five holes on the window and two marks on the wall caused by the impact of the bullets. A search was conducted but nothing was found. The bullets are country made,” revealed district police chief Mukesh Kr Singh.
He added that an FIR was filed by an assistant professor of NEHU on the incident and the complainant had also bought along the pellets found and collected from the scene of the firing.
Police are not ruling out the involvement of petty criminals in the incident since the University has not been a victim of any threat or intimidation in the recent past.
The firing on the office of the university head is believed to have taken place sometime late Saturday night when a thunderstorm was lashing Tura and many parts of Garo Hills and which may have hampered the sound of the gunshots despite the presence of security personnel in the complex.