Meghalaya Police on the lookout for woman who stabbed youngster in Shillong

Staff Reporter

Shillong, March 21: Efforts are being made to identify and nab a female assailant involved in the stabbing of a 25-year-old man in the Khyndailad area.

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The Superintendent of Police Dr MG Raghavendra Kumar, East Khasi Hills today said that the victim has been identified as Zecharia Sohthiang and is a resident of Mawtary, Mayrdon, Umsning. He was stabbed on March 19.

He informed that the victim has given his statement to the investigation officer (IO) of the case that he had been stabbed by an unknown woman near Hotel Pegasus and that he could identify the female assailant.

“The matter is under investigation and all efforts are being made to identify and nab the alleged female assailant,” Dr Kumar said.

The victim was immediately referred to NEIGRIHMS for further medical treatment.

An FIR filed by the sister of the victim P Sohthiang was registered with the Sadar police station.

The SP said that since the morning of March 19, the victim had been giving conflicting and contradictory statements regarding the place of occurrence, time of occurrence and also regarding the description of the suspects.

During the course of the investigation, it was discovered that the victim had forcibly boarded a private vehicle at Khyndailad near the road leading to Hotel Pegasus on March 18 at approximately 9.45 pm and requested help from the four occupants of the vehicle to help him recover the scooty that he claimed had met with an accident at Mawprem.

On reaching Mawprem, the victim Zecharia Sohthiang confessed to the occupants of the vehicle that he had been stabbed and requested them to take him to his temporary residence at Mawshbuit village under Madanriting police station.

The occupants of the vehicle along with the victim arrived at Mawshbuit at approximately 12.30 am on March 19 and handed the victim over to his two relatives, who were staying with him.

At 3.59 am, one of the relatives informed EMRI about the matter and requested for an ambulance. The victim was brought to Civil Hospital at approximately 5.30 am by the two relatives in an EMRI ambulance, he said.

Meghalaya Minister AL Hek asserts top priority to make state self-sufficient in meat production

Staff Reporter

Shillong, March 11: Minister in charge of animal husbandry and veterinary A.L Hek asserted his top priority is to make Meghalaya self-sufficient in meat production.

Speaking to media persons, Hek said that the majority of the population in Meghalaya consumes meat but everyone knows there is a huge gap between supply and demand hence there is a need to come out with ways and means to make the state self-sufficient in meat production.

Hek informed that after he was appointed as minister in charge of animal husbandry and veterinary he immediately called for an informal meeting with senior officers of the department to understand the organizational structure of the department.

“In order to make Meghalaya self-sufficient in meat production, the department will need to come out with various interventions whether it is for production of pork, beef, chicken or mutton,” said Hek.

Hek said that since he is new in the department he has not yet reviewed on the implementation of the Piggery Mission but soon he will seek information from the officers to get more knowledge on how the mission works so that the state becomes self-sufficient.

He added that he does not want to comment much on the alleged cattle smuggling as he doesn’t know about the modus operandi of the cattle smuggling but he will have an in-depth discussion with all officers on the particular issue.