In a major success in counter insurgency operation in Garo Hills, five IEDs were recovered from the premises of a school in Meghalaya's Garo hills. The accused GNLA terrorists had put up posts on Facebook showing them preparing the IEDs.
Meghalaya police on Sunday afternoon defused five IEDs, which were planted at a primary School in East Garo Hills. Of the five IEDs, which were planted around the Adugre School campus,near Williamnagar, two of the IEDs were planted inside the classroom. The police sources added that a major disaster was averted.
"An IED weighing around 20 kgs was put inside a metal trunk and the other on a vessel put beneath the ground inside the classroom", said GHP Raju, inspector general of police (operations).
An IED encased in a claymore box was also recovered from the school premises. "The IEDs were connected in a series by a wire, which was to be detonated by a battery", informed Raju.
Police have arrested a suspect in this connection, a civilian cadre of Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Enison Ch. Momin, 34, alias Vodafone from Adugre village.
In the past four days, police have recovered 67 IEDs from different parts of Durama range in its operation Hailstorm – 3 launched to neutralize GNLA activities, which is on the rise in Garo hills In Friday’s operation at Pathalgre, commander-in-chief of the outfit.
Sohan D. Shira had managed to flee. "Arrested GNLA cadre has confessed that Shira had instructed to plant these IEDs in the School premises as police invariably occupy school buildings for accommodation when they visit Adugre for operation", said Raju.
Though the outfit had recently expressed its willingness for peace talks, it appears that they clearly haven't given up violent ways.
With inputs from Saidul Khan
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