Meghalaya: Cash rewards of Rs 10,000 announced for info on instigators of Tura violence

To arrest all perpetrators involved in instigating the violent attack on the Chief Minister’s office in Tura, Meghalaya, on July 24, the West Garo Hills district administration has announced cash rewards of Rs 10,000 to anyone providing information that would lead to the arrest of the perpetrators.

The district administration said that a cash reward of Rs 10,000 would be given to anyone who would provide information to Magistrates or Police officials about the whereabouts of the key instigators of the violence and help them arrest the accused.

The district administration also assured that the identity of the person giving the information will be kept secret.

To provide information, people can find the phone numbers of district magistrates and police officials below:

It may be mentioned here that, the West Garo Hills Police have arrested 23 accused so far.

Among the arrestees include top leaders like–TMC’s youth leader Richard Marak, and two Mahila Morcha leaders of BJP and NPP worker Jeakson Sangma.

“The administration will continue to nab such miscreants who have used terror for narrow political gains. Some such miscreants have been identified and are on the run from the law,” the district administration said in a Facebook post.

It may be mentioned here that on July 24 night, a mob gheraoed Chief Minister Conrad Sangma’s office in Tura, pelted stones and attacked his office while he was inside in a meeting with his cabinet colleague and PHE minister Marcuise N Marak and members of NGOs hearing their demands and grievances in which five police personnel were injured.
CM Sangma said that he agreed to meet the members of A’chik Conscious Holistically Integrated Krima (ACHIK) at their convenient venue since they had some concerns about Roster System and demand to declare Tura as the winter capital.
Chief Minister Conrad Sangma yesterday said that acts of violence would not be tolerated and “the law will be very firm” on any act of violence. He said that there is a line which people should not cross, and this time the line has been crossed.
Meanwhile, in a big sensational disclosure, Meghalaya DGP LR Bishnoi said that the attack was pre-planned and was aimed at causing physical damage to Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, even go to the extent of murdering him.