Meghalaya to lodge complaint with Centre on NSCN(IM) supplying arms

Shillong, Aug 27 (UNI) The Meghalaya government would soon lodge a complaint with the Centre against the NSCN(IM) alleging that they were supplying arms and ammunition to Liberation Achik Elite Force(LAEF) militant outfit.

The National Socialist Council of Nagalim Isak-Muivah NSCN(IM), which is currently in a ceasefire agreement with the Centre, have provided sophisticated arms and ammunition to Meghalaya-based LAEF militant organisation to carry out hit-and-run operations, a senior police official said here yesterday.

The 'commander-in-chief' of LAEF Peter Marak, who was killed in a crossfire last week between the police and his cadres at Kalak area had revealed to the police that the NSCN(IM) were extending weapons support.

''Marak had confessed that the NSCN(IM) had provided them with AK rifles, Universal Machine Guns to his outfit,'' a police official said.

The police official, who pleaded anonymity, further said that Marak had also revealed fresh arms consignments to be routed via Baghmara in South Garo Hills through Bangladesh.

UNI