When Hub News tried to get more information, a top police official neither denied nor acknowledged these connections and speculations. He simply remarked, “As of now the case is under investigation and they (arrested NLCN members) have not revealed anything on this.”
The Meghalaya Police on Tuesday informed that a Special Investigating Team (SIT) has been constituted to investigate the Lumkynsai blast under Smit on July 3, 2023.
38-year-old Pynsuklang Khongwir, who was bed ridden after undergoing a spinal surgery, died on the spot after a powerful blast at his residence at Smit village in East Khasi Hills District on Monday afternoon.