The youths who once used to be sources of terror in Meghalaya have now switched to breaking boulders for a living in Bangladesh.
Cadre of the most potent rebel group in Meghalaya the "Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC)" have been breaking boulders and supplying the stones to the construction market in Bangladesh, where they have most of their hideouts, a police official here said, quoting a senior militant who surrendered last week.
HNLC member Badonsing Lyngdoh Marshillong, who surrendered before Meghalaya police, reportedly lamented that its common members were facing immense hardship to eke out a living.
"Financial crisis has compelled the Khasi outfit to take to 'business' in Bangladesh for the survival of its cadre who are still camping in that country," the official said, requesting anonymity.
He said one such business that HNLC is engaged is export of stones from a quarry owned by the outfit at Nohksiar, one of Khasi villages in Bangladesh.
"From this quarry, HNLC is supplying stones to many places in Bangladesh and this was confessed by many cadre who surrendered in recent days," he said.
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