Shillong, July 20 NNN: Garo Hills based militant group, the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) on Thursday night shot dead a thirty three year old school teacher accusing him to be a police informer in East Garo Hills district, police said.
According to the police, the incident happened at around 10 pm when four heavily armed GNLA cadres barged into the resident of Danny G Momin ( the teacher) of MP High School at Resubulpara, East Garo Hills district.
“Momin was dragged out of his house and after a heated argument with Momin, the GNLA cadres fired three rounds from a close range and killed him,” police said.
Police on the other hand denied his involvement in sharing any inputs with the force.
After the incident police personnel have intensified their search in the adjoininmg areas.
According to sources, Chinang alias (Laden), area commander of GNLA, Resubulpara area was involved in the killing.
The body of the deceased has been taken for postmortem in Williamnagar and police are investigating into the matter.
Formed in 2009, GNLA has been now considered as a terrorist outfit by the Home Ministry.
The outfit, led by a former police officer, Champion Sangma, had also carried out a number of kidnappings over the years and slapped extortion demands on traders and government officials besides killing security personnel and laborers, in the three districts of Garo Hills and including West Khasi Hills district.
Meghalaya government has acquisitioned CRPF’s CoBRA team and Meghalaya Police SWAT commandos to deal with the GNLA, who has become a menace for the society.
Mreanwhile, the teaching fraternity, comprising of all schools and colleges of Williamnagar, East Garo Hills, on Friday came out in large number and met in the office chamber of District School Education Officer, Williamnagar, to ‘condemn’ the cowardly murder of the government school teacher by armed GNLA cadres.
Two minutes silence was observed as a mark of respect for the departed soul and condoled the bereaved family members.
Further, a protest rally was proposed to be organized on July 26 simultaneously in all the districts of Garo Hills against the shameful murder of a noble teacher.
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