Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Tribal woman shot dead by GNLA rebels in Meghalaya

 A 35-year-old tribal Garo woman was shot dead in front of her children in Meghalaya by members of an outlawed militant group after she resisted an alleged bid to rape her, a police officer said on Wednesday.

“The woman (name withheld) was shot dead by the (outlawed) Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels after she resisted the rebels’ attempt to molest and rape her late Tuesday,” Lakardor Syiem, the district police chief of South Garo Hills, said.

The murder took place inside the victim’s house compound at Raja Rongat village when two of the five GNLA rebels’ armed with AK rifles fired at the woman’s head in front of her children.

“It is one of the most gruesome and inhuman cold blooded murder... they used AK rifle and fired five to six shots at her head in front of the children while her husband was prevented from coming out of the house,” Mr. Syiem said.

“One of the rebels who attempted to molest and rape her was identified as Tengton,” the police official said.

Raja Rongat village bordering the India-Bangladesh border is about 360 km from Shillong, the state capital of Meghalaya.

Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjri condemned the killing, saying such a brutal act is not tolerated in a civilized society...

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