Case filed against militant outfit for threatening KSU
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A case was registered against an armed Bengali militant outfit on Saturday for threatening to “wage war” against the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) and the indigenous folks of Meghalaya, police mentioned.
The United Bangal Liberation Army despatched the risk letter to the KSU’s workplace right here through the day, they mentioned.
“A case was registered against the United Bangal Liberation Army for criminal conspiracy, threatening to wage war against the local populace of Meghalaya and criminal intimidation against the Chief Minister,” Additional Inspector General of Police G.{K}. Iangrai mentioned.
The case was registered with the Cyber Crime police station and an investigation is underneath manner, he mentioned.
The KSU on Wednesday had put banners studying ‘All Meghalaya Bengalis are Bangladeshis’ throughout the State, prompting senior BJP chief and former State Governor Tathagata Roy to demand that the scholars’ physique be designated as a “terrorist outfit”.
The police had pulled down the banners and warned of strict motion against these making an attempt to “incite communal disharmony”.
The outfit, within the banners, additionally mourned the demise of one in every of its members in clashes over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Bengali-dominated Ichamati village alongside the India-Bangladesh border in February.
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