4 years after surviving attack by coal miners, Meghalaya activists threatened again
The Hindu
Agnes Kharshiing and Amita Sangma have been campaigning against illegal coal mining and transportation
Four years after surviving a near-fatal assault by people involved in illegal coal mining, two Meghalaya-based activists have been threatened again.
and Amita Sangma have lodged an FIR with a police station in Shillong after receiving threat calls from a person on October 17. The duo has been under police protection since the 2018 attack on them near an illegal coal mine in the East Jaintia Hills district.
The caller, who identified himself as Nick Nongkhlaw, had threatened the duo for reporting a case of two illegal coal-laden trucks found releasing acidic water.
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