The family of Cheristerfield Thangkhiew, a former HNLC leader, has demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into his death in an encounter with the Meghalaya police in August 2021. The former HNLC leader’s family has requested a CBI investigation in a letter to Meghalaya Chief Secretary DP Wahlang.
Granary Thangkhiew, the brother of Cheristerfield, cited findings from the Vaiphei Commission Report in a letter to the chief secretary of Meghalaya.
During the operation that ended with the death of former HNLC leader Cheristerfield Thangkhiew, the Meghalaya police used excessive force, according to the one-man commission headed by Justice (retd) T Vaiphei’s report.
Chesterfield Thangkhiew, a Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) surrendered leader, died in the early hours of August 13, 2021, in Shillong in a “retaliatory firing” by Meghalaya police.
In connection with bomb blasts in the state, a joint team of East Jaintia Hills police and East Khasi Hills police in Meghalaya raided the house of surrendered HNLC leader Chesterfield Thangkhiew at around 3 a.m. on August 13 of last year at Kynton Massar in Mawlai.
