Commander-in-Chief of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Sohan D Shira

Commander-in-Chief of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Sohan D Shira shot dead. The encounter took place in Dobu, Sadugre in East Garo Hills. Joint encounter with the Garo Hills Police and Meghalaya's Special Force-10 commandos

Commander-in-Chief of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Sohan D Shira has reportedly been shot dead in an encounter with the police in Dobu, Sadugre in East Garo Hills.

Sohan was shot dead at around 11:50 am at Dobu A'chakpek during a joint encounter with the Garo Hills Police and Meghalaya's Special Force-10 commandos.

It is a big acheivement for the forces.

The Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) was set up in the year 2010 by a senior police officer Pakchara R. Sangma. He launched the outfit, originally to fight for a 'sovereign Garoland' in western areas of Meghalaya. Slowly, it turned into a terror outfit with many instances of killings, abduction, extortion, bomb blasts and attacks on security forces.