The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) on Thursday demanded the state government to immediately remove the BSF personnel from Amlarem village.
After meeting the deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong , KSU West Jaintia Hills District Unit president Laitphar Syngkrem said, “We have requested the Deputy Chief Minister to ensure immediate removal of the BSF personnel, who are illegally present at Amlarem market.”
He said that the BSF has been harassing local people and seizing their goods for the last six months.
“We strongly condemned the action of the BSF by conducting illegal checks on local residents of Amlarem and adjoining areas. BSF are supposed to be guarding the international border and that Amlarem is a village which is quite far away from the international border and that it is illegal for the BSF to conduct checks on local people,” he said.
“Earlier, we had submitted a complaint before the deputy commissioner and SDO but no action has been taken in this regard. This has compelled us to take up the issue with the deputy chief minister for immediate action,” Syngkrem said.
The KSU WJHDU president informed that the deputy chief minister has directed the deputy commissioner to take necessary action on the matter.