Labourer’s death sparks MHRC intervention, demands action from Meghalaya police

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Shillong: The Meghalaya Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance pertaining to the killing of a daily wager in Shillong on April 10.

The Commission has issued a notice to the Director General of Police, Meghalaya to submit an action taken report within 15 days, a press release said today.

On April 10, a labourer succumbed to his injuries after he along with two others were assaulted by miscreants at Mawlai Mawroh.

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East Khasi Hills SP Rituraj Ravi had informed that some unknown miscreants assaulted 3 labourers working at an under-construction house at Mawlai Mawroh.

“Due to the assault, one person identified as Shri Arjun Ray (52 years) got severely injured and later died at NEIGRIHMS. In this connection, a case is being registered and an investigation is under progress to identify the culprits,” he said.

Raja Ram, who is one of the injured labourers, said that a group of 5-6 masked people came and started asking for the production of a labour license.

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“Despite informing that the labour licenses are there with the employer, the masked people started assaulting us mercilessly with an iron rod,” he had said.

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