TURA: Tura-based traders under the banner of Tura Chamber of Commerce (TCC) and the Tura Traders Union (TTU) have called two-hour shut down of all shops on Friday in protest against the bomb blast at Mahabir Trade Agency on Wednesday.
“We strongly condemn the inhuman act which resulted in injuries to innocent civilians. To show our solidarity and as a mark condemnation we have decided to shut down all shops for two hours on Friday,” informed Thorin Marak the publicity Secretary of TTU in a statement on Thursday.
The shutdown of shops will begin from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and the two organizations have requested all shop owners as well as the general public to cooperate with the protest.
Meanwhile, GNLA has denied its involvement into the incident.
“There are many uncountable petty dacoits in Garo hills ,so why police is pointing fingers at us,” GNLA publicity secretary Garo Mandei Ch Marak said while adding that this is a ploy of the police to tarnish the image of the outfit.
He stated that this might be the handiwork of police itself as SP and additional SP are always on the lookout for their shares of extortion money collected by little known militant groups from shopkeepers and businessmen of Tura
Condemnation: The outgoing GSU, CEC faction led by Tengsak G Momin has strongly condemned Wednesday’s bomb blast at Tura Bazaar and termed it as an act of terrorism.
“The act of planting bombs in public places tantamount to an act of terrorism which must be eschewed. It is horrifying to digest that our own people are being killed or injured by such acts. We appeal to all the militants not to indulge themselves in such atrocities,” he said in a statement.
