Tura, July 26: In a major police crackdown, Meghalaya police today arrested 24 cadres of the breakaway faction of the A’chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC-B) from a hideout in Edenbari, in the outskirt of Tura in West Garo Hills.
Edenbari is about 7 km from Tura town.
The police had inputs about the cadres and launched an operation at around 5 pm today. The militants seeing huge contingent of police surrendered.
Superintendent of police, West Garo Hills, Mukesh Singh said, “We have strong evidence against the cadres for the recent killing of two migrant laborers. Our interrogation is on”.
Police have recovered one DBBL gun, six shotgun, 25 shotgun, one modified pistol, one 7.65 rounds, four .22 rounds, among other incriminating documents.
Two migrant labourers from Mancachar in Assam’s Dhubri district were killed this week in the outskirt of Tura.
In January last year, the outfit had signed a peace agreement with the government of Meghalaya and has signed the “agreed text of settlement”.(SP News)
