Not absconding, concern for all times, says Meghalaya BJP chief charged with operating prostitution racket

By Express News Service

GUWAHATI: Meghalaya BJP vice chairman Bernard Marak, who was charged with operating a prostitution racket from his farmhouse at Tura in West Garo Hills district of the state, is claimed to be fearing for his life.

In a video message on Sunday, Marak alleged Chief Minister Conrad Okay Sangma of the National People’s Party (NPP) had issued instructions to the police to falsely implicate him in some circumstances and encounter him. He stated he was neither absconding nor evading arrest however simply making an attempt to be secure. He was in Shillong when the police performed an eight-hour-long raid at his farmhouse on Friday night time.

The former militant leader-turned-politician stated through the raid, he was requested by a police officer to go to a police station in Shillong.

“But as I was coming out, two cars approached me. I was apprehensive because I had information that they are trying to implicate me and if possible, gun me down. So, I had to move out of Shillong and come to Guwahati,” Marak stated. He rubbished the cost of operating a prostitution racket.

“The charge that I was running a prostitution racket from my farmhouse was made up by the state police. Actually, I am helping underprivileged students to study. I had kept not less than 9-10 of them in my farmhouse,” he stated.

Stating that the youngsters taken into custody by the police have been sponsored by him, he stated the police had been to his farmhouse a number of instances earlier than however by no means did they go to “such extremes”. He stated the police have been making an attempt to dig up some previous circumstances that he was not associated to.

Accusing the NPP and Sangma of conspiring in opposition to him and the BJP, Marak stated, “The charges levelled against me were aimed at maligning my image and creating a fear psychosis among the public and the supporters of the BJP since it is growing in Meghalaya and I was elected to the GHADC (Garo Hills Autonomous District Council) from the CM’s Assembly constituency by defeating his candidate.”

The police had on Saturday stated they “rescued” 5 youngsters from the farmhouse by breaking the lock of a room the place they have been stored hidden. During the eight-hour-long raid, the police recovered 400 bottles of liquor, and 500 packets of condoms and contraceptive tablets amongst others.

Director General of Police LR Bishnoi had stated the restoration of the gadgets indicated the farmhouse was being run as a brothel.

GUWAHATI: Meghalaya BJP vice chairman Bernard Marak, who was charged with operating a prostitution racket from his farmhouse at Tura in West Garo Hills district of the state, is claimed to be fearing for his life.

In a video message on Sunday, Marak alleged Chief Minister Conrad Okay Sangma of the National People’s Party (NPP) had issued instructions to the police to falsely implicate him in some circumstances and encounter him. He stated he was neither absconding nor evading arrest however simply making an attempt to be secure. He was in Shillong when the police performed an eight-hour-long raid at his farmhouse on Friday night time.

The former militant leader-turned-politician stated through the raid, he was requested by a police officer to go to a police station in Shillong.
“But as I was coming out, two cars approached me. I was apprehensive because I had information that they are trying to implicate me and if possible, gun me down. So, I had to move out of Shillong and come to Guwahati,” Marak stated. He rubbished the cost of operating a prostitution racket.

“The charge that I was running a prostitution racket from my farmhouse was made up by the state police. Actually, I am helping underprivileged students to study. I had kept not less than 9-10 of them in my farmhouse,” he stated.

Stating that the youngsters taken into custody by the police have been sponsored by him, he stated the police had been to his farmhouse a number of instances earlier than however by no means did they go to “such extremes”. He stated the police have been making an attempt to dig up some previous circumstances that he was not associated to.

Accusing the NPP and Sangma of conspiring in opposition to him and the BJP, Marak stated, “The charges levelled against me were aimed at maligning my image and creating a fear psychosis among the public and the supporters of the BJP since it is growing in Meghalaya and I was elected to the GHADC (Garo Hills Autonomous District Council) from the CM’s Assembly constituency by defeating his candidate.”

The police had on Saturday stated they “rescued” 5 youngsters from the farmhouse by breaking the lock of a room the place they have been stored hidden. During the eight-hour-long raid, the police recovered 400 bottles of liquor, and 500 packets of condoms and contraceptive tablets amongst others.

Director General of Police LR Bishnoi had stated the restoration of the gadgets indicated the farmhouse was being run as a brothel.