A 45-year-old man from Assam was allegedly lynched by four members of a non-governmental organisation in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district. According to the police, the trio killed the man on the pretext of checking his trade licence. The incident occurred at Rongsai in Williamnagar police station area -- about 230 km west of Shillong -- on Thursday. District Superintendent of Police (SP) Ringrang T G Momin told PTI that the man was assaulted on the pretext of examining his trade license and later he succumbed to injuries in a hospital.
After receiving the report of the alleged lynching the cops arrested three members of the NGO immediately while one managed to escape but surrendered on Friday. As per the preliminary findings, the man was from Assam's Goalpara district and had come to supply bakery items along with his brother-in-law.