Staff Reporter

Shillong, Feb 23: Deputy Chief Minister in-charge Home (Police) Prestone Tynsong today said residents at the Maxwelton Estate will have to be prepared to shift from that location if they are “illegal settlers”.

“I am very sure the law will prevail and the law will take its own course and if it is true that they are illegal settlers, then ultimately they have to be ready to shift from that location,” Tynsong told reporters.

The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) has been demanding the state government to immediately evict the “illegal settlers” from the Maxwelton Estate, which is a 9 acres of land falling under the jurisdiction of the dorbar shnong of Kenches Trace Oxford Rilbong (KOR) here.

Tynsong said, “No the court case is still on. That’s what I am saying, see we have to wait and that’s why what I'm trying to tell you is let us wait and see, let the law take its own course.”

He said in fact the district administration is on the job to make sure that everybody is safe.