SHILLONG: The Army is tightlipped over the findings of the inquiry report into the killing of two civilians in North Garo Hills even four months after the incident.
It was on November 25 last that a school teacher , Alphius M Momin (35) and Sweetbirth D Marak (30), a vendor who sold P form challans at Dainadubi check gate, were shot dead by the Army in a case of mistaken identity at Rajasimla when they were travelling on a motorcycle at around 8:40 pm.
The Army admitted the mistake and ordered an inquiry, the findings of which, however is pending for the last four months.
When contacted on a few occasions, Lieutenant Colonel Suneet Newton, Public Relation Officer (Defence), Guwahati avoided any direct reply stating that he had to cross check the matter.
Soon after the incident, the families of the two civilians shot dead by army personnel had filed FIRs with North Garo Hills Police seeking action against the perpetrators of the ‘cold blooded murder’.
The North Garo Hills district administration had also ordered a magisterial inquiry into the matter.
The incident took place near Konchikol, 2 km from Kharkutta Bazar, where the army personnel from the Gurkha Regiment, deployed at Rangjuli town in neighbouring Assam, had reportedly been conducting an operation inside North Garo Hills to flush out suspected Garo militants.
