Petrol bombs hurled at Meghalaya CM's private residence
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Unidentified miscreants on Sunday night lobbed petrol bombs at the residence of Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, police said. The incident took place around 10:15 pm when vehicle-borne attackers lobbed two Molotov cocktail bottles at the premises of his personal residence at Third Mile in Upper Shillong. No one was injured in the incident, according to a senior district police officer.
Curfew
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The first bottle was lobbed at the front part of the house while the second one was thrown behind the backyard, he said, prompting the guards there to douse the fire immediately. The state government has imposed a curfew in Shillong and banned mobile internet services in four districts as vandalism and arson rocked the state capital and nearby areas on Independence Day.
Inquiry
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