Shillong, June 13: Meghalaya police today said former minister Adolph Lu Hitler Marak would be arrested on the charge of ?harbouring militants?.
Marak, a minister in the previous E.K. Mawlong government, had been on the police watchlist for several years, a senior police officer said. The police had recently arrested two Achik National Volunteers Council members and another resident of Mizoram travelling in a government pool car, which had been allotted to Marak when he was minister.
The police official today said the former minister has made several contradictory statements which have given the police reasons to conclude that he was ?guilty of aiding and abetting militancy?.
The NCP today took out a rally at Tura to protest against the government?s attempt to ?sabotage? its peace initiatives. The party MLAs accused the government of trying to tarnish the image of the NCP and belittling their leader, Purno A. Sangma. The rally was attended by 2,000 people, mostly students.