Schoolteacher allegedly beaten to death by GNLA

Williamnagar (Meghalaya), August 18 (IANS): The body of a schoolteacher was found on Wednesday in Meghalaya, apparently beaten to death by tribal Garo militants, police said. The body of Madison Ch Marak, assistant teacher in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Lower Primary School in East Garo Hills district, was recovered from Jingamgre area.   "Our initial investigation indicates that the teacher was beaten to death by GNLA (Garo National Liberation Army) militants suspecting him to be a police informer," Davies Marak, the district police chief of East Garo Hills, told IANS.   He said the police are on the lookout to nab the militants involved in the killing of the schoolteacher.

  Condemning the murder of their colleague, the teachers under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Teachers' Association, East Garo Hills demanded immediate justice.   “This incident has sent a shockwave and has made the teachers, especially those that are working in interior villages and hostile regions, feel insecure," the teachers' association said.