Shillong, Oct 19 : Barely two days after the
Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) shot dead a police havildar, the
specially trained Meghalaya police commandos along with the CRPF cobra
force killed a senior militant of the GNLA after half an hour gun battle
in Nengmangdagre forest of East Garo Hills today. The slain leader has
been identified as Delseng R Marak and he was said to have been leading
nearly 15 odd armed GNLA cadres when they saw the patrolling police
team in the area.
Police sources said that the police and CRPF teams
carried a patrolling in Nengmangdalgre forest located when they were
suddenly fired by the ultras who were in the forest vicinity, prompting
the police team to retaliate, said a senior police official supervising
the operations against the GNLA.
During the exchange of fire, the
area commander Delseng R Marak was killed and the rest of the cadres
managed to escape into the dense forest. One AK 47 Rifles, three
magazines, a 9MM pistol and one walkie talkie was recovered from the
site, informed the police source.
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