Two senior priests in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district sustained injuries when a group of masked men attacked them inside a church early on Jan. 30, ransacked the premises and escaped with over Rs. 1 lakh in cash, a senior police officer said.
As reported by mattersindia.com, Superintendent of Police MGR Kumar said, “Around 1 am, the unidentified goons, around 20 in number, entered Dominic Savio Mission here during a power cut, tied up Father Thomas John and Daniel M Sangma, and attacked them with iron rods. They then ransacked the church and fled with Rs. 1.25 lakh in cash and two smartphones.” “According to the FIR filed by the authorities of the Dominic Savio Mission, John Mathias M Marak, another parish priest, sounded alarm when he saw the miscreants. Soon after, they fled the church,” Mr Kumar said.
This was the fourth such instance of dacoity in Garo Hills churches in the past one month, and police suspect it to be the handiwork of one and the same gang, senior police officer said.
Source: NDTV
