A Meghalaya government vehicle was set ablaze by miscreants in the wee hours of Monday at the Nongmynsong area in the capital Shillong in what appears to be fresh targeting of government offices and vehicles.
The Gypsy vehicle belonging to the PWD department was completely destroyed. Nobody has been apprehended till the filing of this report, sources said.
On July 25, miscreants had also targeted a private residence let out to non-locals in the Them Mawbah area by hurling a petrol bomb and stones. Nobody was injured.
A day later, members of — the Hynniewtrep National Youth Federation — stopped the tourist taxis from Assam at Umtyngngar, about 25km from Shillong, from proceeding to popular tourist spots.
Between April and May, there have been at least eight acts of petrol bomb attacks on government offices and vehicles.
