SHILLONG: Meghalaya BJP vice-president Bernard N Marak, who was arrested last month on charges of running a sex racket at his farmhouse in the northeastern state, is not cooperating with the investigation, police said.
The former militant leader claimed during interrogation that he was operating the farmhouse as a homestay for around two years, but did not know what was happening there in recent times, as he did not visit it for the past three months, they said.
He also allegedly gave names of deceased people as caretakers of his farmhouse at Tura in West Garo Hills district, from where 73 people were arrested and six minors were rescued on July 22. “The accused is not cooperating with the investigation. He has not revealed information on the illegal activities which were going on in the farmhouse,” a senior police official said.
The police on August 5 sought Marak’s six more days of custody which was granted by a Tura court. The police want to know how the proceeds from the illegal business were being used and how the weapons were procured.
