Meghlaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma's Peace Committee Offer Rejected

According to the police, Cheristerfield Thangkhiew allegedly attacked the police with a knife when his home was being raided, provoking a retaliatory shot in which he was killed.

Supporters of former insurgent leader, Cheristerfield Thangkhiew, who was killed in an alleged police encounter on August 13, have refused to be part of the peace committee - set up by Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma to probe the death of the leader - unless the police officers involved in the operation are suspended. "We have decided not to be part of the peace committee of the government until it suspends the two top cops responsible for the raid," said Donboklang, an activist from Mawlai Kynton Massar, where the alleged encounter took place. According to the police, Cheristerfield Thangkhiew allegedly attacked the police with a knife when his home was being raided, provoking a retaliatory shot in which he was killed. Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has backed the state police.