East Jaintia Hills police on Thursday resorted to firing several rounds of tear gas and lathi charge after protesters attacked a venue at Lumshnong village where a public hearing was being held. The protest was against the proposed expansion of M/s Meghalaya Cement Ltd (Topcem).
In a major development in the Tura unrest case, one of the key instigators of the mob violence, Salseng R. Marak, who allegedly urged protestors to burn down the ACHIK campsite and target police and the delegation holding talks with the Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, has been arrested.
The people of Kangpokpi district under the aegis of CoTU held a sit-in protest on Thursday at Leikop village in Champhai sub division of Kangpokpi district against the shocking act of molestation and gang-rape of the Kuki-Zo women.
But the primary reason for the minister’s decision to beat a hasty retreat appears to have been the condemnation and protests against her recent statement on the demand for winter capital in Tura.
Four policemen and several others were injured on Tuesday night in Silchar area after angry mob attacked police during a protest with the dead body of a girl at Silchar in Assam Cachar district.
Four policemen and over 20 local residents of the Silchar area sustained injuries after an angry mob attacked police during a protest with the dead body of a girl at Silchar in Assam Cachar district on Tuesday night.
