TURA, Oct 27 � The Joint Action Committee (JAC) sponsored four day Garo Hills bandh took a violent turn on Wednesday with criminals setting ablaze three cement trucks on the National Highway and a wooden bridge in Williamnagar even as stray incidents of stone pelting were reported from some localities here.
In view of the bandh call the drivers of the three commercial trucks carrying cement from Guwahati to Tura halted at Rari, near Bajengdoba, on NH 51 for the night when miscreants taking advantage of the desolate place used inflammable materials to set ablaze the goods laden vehicles.
One of the trucks was badly damaged while the other two were partially damaged.
In Williamnagar town of East Garo Hills, miscreants in the dead of night set on fire a wooden bridge at Rangmal Bading, near the Municipal check gate between Baiza and the main town, shortly after midnight but locals alerted the police who arrived on time to douse the flames.
A major repair work was undertaken in the morning and traffic has since resumed on the wooden bridge. There were also stray cases of tyre burning and broken bottles strewn on the roads of the town particularly near Balsrigittim.
In Tura, there was no major damage to government structures but miscreants taking advantage of the volatile situation used catapults to fling stones on bandh violators. Two requisitioned public buses used to ferry government employees to work had their side glasses damaged from stone pelting.
Police chased one suspected miscreants at Dakopgre but had to abandon the idea of taking him into custody after he fell into an open pit latrine.
The State Government and the agitating JAC have both claimed victory in their battle over the upcoming municipal elections. The JAC is claiming an all round success over the total bandh in the Garo Hills even as the government has pointed out that attendance in offices has been �remarkably� high despite threats and intimidation by the bandh enforcers.
The JAC bandh disrupted normal life in Tura, Baghmara, Williamnagar and Resubelpara besides smaller towns like Garobadha, Jengjal, Dalu, Phulbari, Ampati among others.
The bandh failed to create an impact in the plain belt region of West Garo Hills with towns such as Rajabala, Bhaitbari and Mahendraganj remaining completely open.
TURA, Oct 27 � The Joint Action Committee (JAC) sponsored four day Garo Hills bandh took a violent turn on Wednesday with criminals setting ablaze three cement trucks on the National Highway and a wooden bridge in Williamnagar even as stray incidents of stone pelting were reported from some localities here.
In view of the bandh call the drivers of the three commercial trucks carrying cement from Guwahati to Tura halted at Rari, near Bajengdoba, on NH 51 for the night when miscreants taking advantage of the desolate place used inflammable materials to set ablaze the goods laden vehicles.
One of the trucks was badly damaged while the other two were partially damaged.
In Williamnagar town of East Garo Hills, miscreants in the dead of night set on fire a wooden bridge at Rangmal Bading, near the Municipal check gate between Baiza and the main town, shortly after midnight but locals alerted the police who arrived on time to douse the flames.
A major repair work was undertaken in the morning and traffic has since resumed on the wooden bridge. There were also stray cases of tyre burning and broken bottles strewn on the roads of the town particularly near Balsrigittim.
In Tura, there was no major damage to government structures but miscreants taking advantage of the volatile situation used catapults to fling stones on bandh violators. Two requisitioned public buses used to ferry government employees to work had their side glasses damaged from stone pelting.
Police chased one suspected miscreants at Dakopgre but had to abandon the idea of taking him into custody after he fell into an open pit latrine.
The State Government and the agitating JAC have both claimed victory in their battle over the upcoming municipal elections. The JAC is claiming an all round success over the total bandh in the Garo Hills even as the government has pointed out that attendance in offices has been �remarkably� high despite threats and intimidation by the bandh enforcers.
The JAC bandh disrupted normal life in Tura, Baghmara, Williamnagar and Resubelpara besides smaller towns like Garobadha, Jengjal, Dalu, Phulbari, Ampati among others.
The bandh failed to create an impact in the plain belt region of West Garo Hills with towns such as Rajabala, Bhaitbari and Mahendraganj remaining completely open.
