: Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik has assured the State BJP that the case against the party’s vice-president, Bernard Marak would be probed by an independent agency.
Mr Marak, also a member of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council, was arrested from Hapur in Uttar Pradesh four days after the West Garo Hills district police raided his farmhouse on the outskirts of Tura town on July 22. He was accused of having turned the farmhouse into a brothel and selling liquor illegally.
Five minors were also rescued from the farmhouse, police said. The raid was in connection with a case filed ffunder the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act in February.
