CRPF vehicle attacked by protesters in Shillong amid curfew
New Delhi, August 16
A CRPF vehicle was allegedly attacked by protestors soon after unidentified miscreants hurled petrol bombs at the residence of Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma.
The Shillong said that the incident took place in Mawlai area in Shillong during curfew hours. The police resorted to mild force for dispersing the crowd.
The state government has imposed a curfew in Shillong and banned mobile internet services in at least four districts, as vandalism and arson rocked the state capital and nearby areas on Independence Day during the funeral procession of a former militant.
The attack on the CRPF vehicle took place hours after unidentified miscreants hurled petrol bombs at the residence of Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on August 15.
The CRPF troop was sent to the spot youths were burning tyres in the middle of the road in Mawlai area, CRPF personnel rushed to the area. The agitators pelted stones at their vehicle, prompting the personnel to use mild force to disperse the crowd, police added.
It is to be noted that the Meghalaya Home Minister Lahkmen Rymbui had resigned on August 15 amid violence in Shillong over the police shooting of the former militant.
Rymbui also urged the CM to institute a judicial inquiry into the shooting of Cheristerfield Thangkhiew, the self-styled general secretary of the banned Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council.
Thangkhiew, who had surrendered in 2018, was shot dead on August 13 when he allegedly tried to attack a police team with a knife during a raid at his house in connection with a series of IED blasts in the state.
