Tuesday, October 18, 2011

GNLA leader shot dead in police encounter

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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