Shillong, July 11: An inebriated man was arrested for pelting stones at the residence of cabinet minister Ampareen Lyngdoh at Laitumkhrah on Tuesday night.
The window panes were damaged during the incident.
The 46-year-old man was taken into police custody and security has been beefed up outside the residence of the minister.
“The accused is from Malki. We are still interrogating him if there are other people involved in the act,” said East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Sylvester Nongtnger, who rushed to the spot.
According to the SP, the accused consumed alcohol and the police will examine whether he is mentally stable or not.
The SP said four stones were pelted at the minister’s house and the accused person was also carrying a dao before he was overpowered by the family members of the minister.
Ampareen’s husband and KHADC executive member Fantin Joseph Lakadong said the family members were sitting at home when they suddenly heard stones being pelted at their house.
“We managed to catch the culprit after checking the CCTV footage and identifying the clothes he was wearing. We immediately snatched the dao from his hand. The accused was also shouting he wanted to kill someone,” Lakadong said.
Lakadong added that the accused was alone committing the act of crime as per the CCTV footage. “However, I don’t know from where he got so many stones. We don’t know if others are also involved in the act but we will know only after police investigate,” he said.
