GUWAHATI A mob on July 24 attacked the Meghalaya Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) in Tura, the hub of the State’s western half comprising the Garo Hills, during a meeting to resolve certain local issues.
Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma was holding a meeting with the leaders of some local organisations he had invited for a detailed discussion on the issue of designating Tura as Meghalaya’s winter capital and the proper implementation of a 51-year-old job reservation policy. The meeting was in the presence of other Cabinet Ministers and stakeholders.
About three hours into the meeting, hundreds of people gathered outside the CMO and began pelting stones. Police fired tear gas shells to disperse the mob after five policemen were injured and some window panes of the building were shattered.
