Meghalaya ministers, MLAs receive extortion notices from militant group

Several ministers and MLAs in Meghalaya received extortion letters from a militant group on Saturday, days after a former militant of the outfit was killed in a police encounter.

Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong on Saturday said several ministers and MLAs in the state have received extortion notices from an outlawed organisation, days after the death of a former militant of the outfit in an encounter with policemen. An investigation has been initiated by the state police as a number of politicians got text messages on their mobile phones from the militant organisation "demanding Rs 10 lakh and above as income tax", a senior officer said.