New Delhi, 16 August 2021

As per news report of BBC, Cherishterfield Thangkhiew was allegedly killed during a police raid in the state capital, Shillong, on Saturday.His death sparked mob violence and arson in the city, forcing authorities to impose a two-day curfew.Mobile internet services were also suspended in four districts.Officials described it as a "serious breakdown of law and order".Thangkhiew, 54, was one of the founding figures of Meghalaya's separatist movement that vies for a separate homeland for its tribal population.Police say Thangkhiew was killed in "retaliatory firing" during a raid at his home in Shillong. But his family called it "cold-blooded murder" - they allege the police orchestrated a "fake encounter", an Indian term for extra-judicial killings by authorities.

Source -BBC

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