Meghalaya Home Minister Lahkmen Rymbui resigned on Sunday amid violence in Shillong over the police shooting of a former militant.
Rymbui also urged Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma to institute a judicial enquiry into the shooting of Cheristerfield Thangkhiew, the self-styled general secretary of the banned Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council. Meanwhile, petrol bombs hurled at the Chief Minister’s house.