Williamnagar (Meghalaya), Feb 9 (Correspondent)
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Published on 9 Feb. 2012 10:41 PM IST
Security
forces Thursday busted a hideout of the Garo National Liberation Army
(GNLA) in Meghalaya, killing a rebel and wounded another, police said.
Meghalaya’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) commandos backed by CoBRA (Combat Battalion for Resolute Action) commandos raided the GNLA’s hideout at hilltop overlooking Megra village in East Garo Hills district, police said.
“A GNLA rebel was killed while another was wounded in the gunbattle,” JFK Marak, the district police chief of East Garo Hills, said.
He said the battle broke out in the rebel’s hideout this morning when the rebels suddenly fired at the commandos.
“Though, the identity of the slain rebel was yet to be identified but the wounded has been identified as Jamsang,” Marak said. Marak said the hunt is on trace the injured rebel. On Wednesday night, the GNLA rebels torched the house of one of its surrendered members.
Andreash Ch Momin at Bokkingre area in East Garo Hills after he refused to compensate the cost of the arm and ammunition which he had deposited when he surrendered in August last year.
Momin had deposited an AK rifle, three magazines with 125 rounds of live ammunition and one China-made grenade.
The GNLA, headed by police officer-turned outlaw Champion R. Sangma, is fighting for a separate Garoland.
It has unleashed a reign of terror in the three impoverished districts of Garo Hills region.
Meghalaya’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) commandos backed by CoBRA (Combat Battalion for Resolute Action) commandos raided the GNLA’s hideout at hilltop overlooking Megra village in East Garo Hills district, police said.
“A GNLA rebel was killed while another was wounded in the gunbattle,” JFK Marak, the district police chief of East Garo Hills, said.
He said the battle broke out in the rebel’s hideout this morning when the rebels suddenly fired at the commandos.
“Though, the identity of the slain rebel was yet to be identified but the wounded has been identified as Jamsang,” Marak said. Marak said the hunt is on trace the injured rebel. On Wednesday night, the GNLA rebels torched the house of one of its surrendered members.
Andreash Ch Momin at Bokkingre area in East Garo Hills after he refused to compensate the cost of the arm and ammunition which he had deposited when he surrendered in August last year.
Momin had deposited an AK rifle, three magazines with 125 rounds of live ammunition and one China-made grenade.
The GNLA, headed by police officer-turned outlaw Champion R. Sangma, is fighting for a separate Garoland.
It has unleashed a reign of terror in the three impoverished districts of Garo Hills region.
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