TURA, JULY 26: Meghalaya police commando Abhijit Mazumdar sustained a bullet injury ON Saturday while attempting to foil a kidnapping attempt at 7th mile in the outskirt of Tura in West Garo hills.
Mazumdar and his friend Rana Chakroborthy, a teacher, were on a motor bike when the unidentified gunmen stopped them. The incident took place between 10:00 – 10:30 am.
“Five unidentified gunmen stopped them. They were making an attempt to kidnap Rana, to which Abhijit intervened. In the process, Abhijit was shot at. He sustained bullet injuries and is undergoing treatment at Tura civil hospital. They managed to abduct the teacher”, said Mukesh Singh, SP West Garo hills.
“Mazumdar sustained injuries on his back and managed to run toward the jungle”, Singh added.
Mazumdar, a commando of the 5th Meghalaya Battalion was on leave and travelling with his friend to his native village in Barengapara, near Dalu, along India-Bangladesh border. He joined the police force in 2008.
Inspector General of Police (operations) GHP Raju said, “He (Mazumdar) tried to rescue the teacher like a true cop. In that process they shot at him. He is a hero. Operation is on to rescue the abducted teacher”.
Injured cop die, GNLA denies IED blast
Meghalaya police constable Rahul Marak succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital in Guwahati on Saturday.
He was critically injured in an IED explosion at Tebronggre, about 18 km from Tura in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills. In the explosion, two other cops were killed – Arphuis Khymdiet, a constable and a driver Lambarthu Suchiang.
The deceased personnel were given guard of honour at police reserve on Saturday and laid to rest.
Two other cops, who had sustained minor injuries, are undergoing treatment at Tura civil hospital.
The police personnel were on a routine patrolling between Rongram bazaar and Tebronggre, when the powerful IED exploded at around 5 pm yesterday.
Police had indicated that Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) might be behind the attack. The outfit, however, denied its involvement and came out to say that they are for peace in Garo hills.
“We strongly refute the charges by the government agencies in the attack of the police gypsy yesterday between Rongram and Tebronggre. We strongly deny any role behind the dastardly attack”, said Savio Marak, top GNLA cadre in a release.
He also stated that it was disgraceful on the part of the police machinery to blame the outfit without any concrete evidence against them. “Why do police and government see our hand for every crime – be it kidnapping, extortion, killing in Garo hills?” he asked.
Savio also informed that the outfit has no intention to create trouble in Garo hills. He said, “We have no order from our higher authority to carry out terror activities. Our higher authorities have asked us to stop creating trouble, violence, crime and extortion”.
The outfit said that police is making an effort to derail peace and portray the outfit in a wrong light. Savio blamed top government functionaries for trying to distort the image of GNLA.- From Our Reporter
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