SHILLONG, AUG 17: The Ri Bhoi police suspects the involvement of timber smugglers into Friday’s incident when a group of masked men set ablaze a Bolero belonging to the forest department’s range officer Francis Nongpoh at the office compound of the forest department located at Byrnihat in Ri-Bhoi district.
Ri Bhoi SP CVC Reddy told this website said, “We suspect miscreants who indulge in smuggling of timbers to be involved in the incident.”
On Friday, at least ten masked miscreants entered into the jurisdiction of forest department (CTI) office and directly went about setting the Bolero (ML 01 -1838) belonging to the range office in Nongpoh on fire.
Reddy ruled out that the ngos were behind the burning of the vehicle.He said that the police so far has not received any clue into the incident but investigation into the incident is in progress. The police are also making efforts to nab the culprits.- By Our Reporter
While NGO’s are termed miscreants and police pick up the inquiry real fast, the illegal detention of Rusith Sangma for almost more than 10 years by Jail officials, the report of the Jailbreak inquiry, the report of the High level scrutiny Committee, the land scam where Govt purchased land worth 10.91 crores of public fund on forged documents .. the ICDS scam feeding adulterated milk to children below 6 years by Social Welfare Dept.etc etc, lie in cold storage, and perpetrators sit in Power…Dictating…and scamming…