SHILLONG, February 4 (PTI): A wanted Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) militant was shot dead while many others were suspected to have sustained injuries in an encounter in a remote village in Meghalaya’s South West Garo Hills district, the police said today.
Acting on a tip off, special police teams raided Santogre village in South West Garo Hills district during which an encounter took place between the security personnel and the GNLA militants numbering around 6-7 of them who were holed up at the camp, IG (Operations) G H P Raju said.
The incident took place at around 10 pm last night and the militant who received fatal bullet wounds was identified as Reading M Sangma, he said.
Police suspected that many other who were present in the camp were also injured and a combing operation is on to try and nab all of them, Raju said. From the site of the encounter, a 7.65 mm pistol with one magazine and two live rounds, two 7.65 shells and seven empty cases of 7.62 and ammunition for AK rifles, he said.
A GNLA ID card belonging to Reading M Sangma, a black bag containing a small diary containing phone numbers and other items were recovered, Raju said.
